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Review of the Theoretical and Experimental Status of Dark Matter Identification with Cosmic-Ray AntideuteronsRecent years have seen increased theoretical and experimental effort towards the first-ever detection of cosmic-ray antideuterons, in particular as an indirect signature of dark matter annihilation or decay. In contrast to indirect dark matter searches using positrons, antiprotons, or gamma-rays, which suffer from relatively high and uncertain astrophysical backgrounds, searches with antideuterons benefit from very suppressed conventional backgrounds, offering a potential breakthrough in unexplored phase space for dark matter. This article is based on the first dedicated cosmic-ray antideuteron workshop, which was held at UCLA in June 2014. It reviews broad classes of dark matter candidates that result in detectable cosmic-ray antideuteron fluxes, as well as the status and prospects of current experimental searches. The coalescence model of antideuteron production and the influence of antideuteron measurements at particle colliders are discussed. This is followed by a review of the modeling of antideuteron propagation through the magnetic fields, plasma currents, and molecular material of our Galaxy, the solar system, the Earth's geomagnetic field, and the atmosphere. Finally, the three ongoing or planned experiments that are sensitive to cosmic-ray antideuterons, BESS, AMS-02, and GAPS, are detailed. As cosmic-ray antideuteron detection is a rare event search, multiple experiments with orthogonal techniques and backgrounds are essential. Therefore, the combination of AMS-02 and GAPS antideuteron searches is highly desirable. Many theoretical and experimental groups have contributed to these studies over the last decade, this review aims to provide the first coherent discussion of the relevant dark matter theories that antideuterons probe, the challenges to predictions and interpretations of antideuteron signals, and the experimental efforts toward cosmic antideuteron detection.
Document ID
20160007927
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Aramaki, T.
(Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Boggs, S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Bufalino, S.
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Turin, Italy)
Dal, L.
(Oslo Univ. Norway)
von Doetinchem, P.
(Hawaii Univ. at Manoa Honolulu, HI, United States)
Donato, F.
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Turin, Italy)
Fornengo, N.
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Turin, Italy)
Fuke, H.
(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Kanagawa, Japan)
Grefe, M.
(Hamburg Univ. Germany)
Hailey, C.
(Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Hamilton, B.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Ibarra, A.
(Technische Univ. Munich Garching, Germany)
Mitchell, J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Mognet, I.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Ong, R.A.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Pereira, R. M.
(Hawaii Univ. at Manoa Honolulu, HI, United States)
Date Acquired
June 27, 2016
Publication Date
January 27, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Physics Reports
Publisher: Science Direct
Volume: 618
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0370-1573
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN33330
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: SDV 2008-0315
CONTRACT_GRANT: MarieCurie PITN-GA-2011-289442
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF 1202958
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Antideuteron Cosmic ray Dark matter

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