Indirect Search for Dark Matter with AMS-02

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), to be installed on the International Space Station, will provide data on cosmic radiations in a large range of energy from 0.5 GeV to 3 TeV. The main physics goals in the astroparticle domain are the anti-matter and the dark matter searches. Observations and co...

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Main Author: Malinin, Alexander
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Summary:The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), to be installed on the International Space Station, will provide data on cosmic radiations in a large range of energy from 0.5 GeV to 3 TeV. The main physics goals in the astroparticle domain are the anti-matter and the dark matter searches. Observations and cosmology indicate that the Universe may include a large amount of unknown Dark Matter. It should be composed of non baryonic Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP). A good WIMP candidate is the lightest SUSY particle in R-parity conserving models. AMS offers a unique opportunity to study simultaneously SUSY dark matter in three decay channels from the neutralino annihilation: e+, antiproton and gamma. The supersymmetric theory frame is considered together with alternative scenarios (extra dimensions). The expected flux sensitivities in 3 year exposure for the e+/e- ratio, antiproton and gamma yields as a function of energy are presented.
ISSN:0094-243X
DOI:10.1063/1.2735265