Published January 1, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Dark matter search with gamma rays: The experiments EGRET and GLAST

Description

The direct detection of annihilation products in cosmic rays offers an alternative way to search for supersymmetric dark matter particles candidates. The study of the spectrum of gamma-rays, antiprotons and positrons offers good possibilities to perform this search in a significant portion of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model parameters space. In particular the EGRET team have seen a convincing signal for a strong excess of emission from the galactic center that have not easily explanation with standard processes. We will review the achievable limits with the experiment GLAST taking into accounts the LEP results and we will compare this method with the antiproton and positrons experiments, the direct underground detection and with future experiments at LHC

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
International Journal of Modern Physics A
Journal Issue
Jan2002issue
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
0217-751X

Conference

Title
2. International Workshop on Matter, Anti-Matter and Dark Matter
Dates
29-30 Oct 2001
Place
Trento (Italy)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC03-76SF00515
Notes
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A17:1829-1840,2002
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science (United States)
Secondary number(s)
SLAC-REPRINT--2002-330