Neutralino annihilation to cosmic rays and possible constraints on the MSSM
Creators
- 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.)
Availability note (English)
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Identifiers
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)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 38103686
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC POSITRONS; COSMIC PROTONS; REST MASS; SPARTICLES; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHOTONS; POSITRONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROTONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Session: T 316.7 Mi 18:20. No further information available