Published 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutralino annihilation to cosmic rays and possible constraints on the MSSM

  • 1. 1. Physikalisches Inst. B, RWTH Aachen (Germany)

Description

Antimatter CRs are expected as secondary products of Interactions of the primary CRs with the interstellar medium during propagation. While the present measurements of cosmic positrons, antiprotons and diffuse gamma rays have gradually become precise, the results still do not match with the pure secondary origins. If SUSY is realized in nature, the lightest neutralino annihilations could lead to SM particles such as positrons, antiprotons and gamma-rays in CRs. In this talk, we will show the combination of the positron fraction, antiproton and diffuse gamma-ray data give constraints on the mSUGRA parameter space. An analysis of the combined CR data gives a best χ2 fit on the light neutralino mass in the focus point region in agreement with the relic abundance constrained from WMAP3 and 2dFGRS. Further, the positive SUSY contribution to rare decays of b → sγ and gμ-2 are also compatible with present experimental data. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer(AMS-02) is a particle physics detector designed to measure the CR spectra up to TV region on the International Space Station(ISS) for three years mission starting in 2009. Its exceptional precision in the measuring antimatter as well as gamma-rays will greatly reduce the uncertainties in the background determination to an unprecedented level of accuracy and the prospects for indirect detection of dark matter from the CR spectra will be considerably enhanced. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2007 with the sections of gravitation and relativity theory, particle physics, theoretical and mathematical fundamentals of physics
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2007 der Fachverbaende Gravitation und Relativitaetstheorie,Teilchenphysik, Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik
Dates
5-9 Mar 2007
Place
Heidelberg (Germany)

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Notes
Session: T 316.7 Mi 18:20. No further information available