Dark Matter in the Coming Decade: Complementary Paths to Discovery and Beyond

Arrenberg, S.; Baer, Howard; Barger, V.; Baudis, L.; Bauer, Daniel J.; Buckley, James J.; Cahill-Rowley, Matthew; Cotta, Randel; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Feng, Jonathan L.; Funk, S.; Hewett, JoAnne L.; Ahmed, Ifty; Kaplinghat, Manoj; Kong, Kyoungchul; Kusenko, Alexander; Matchev, K.; McCaskey, Mathew; McKinsey, D. N.; Mickelson, Dan; Rizzo, T. G.; Sanford, David A. Van; Shaughnessy, Gabe; Shepherd, W.; Tait, Tim M. P.; Tata, Xerxes; Tulin, Sean; Wijangco, Alexander M.; Wood, Matthew; Yoo, J.; Yu, Haibo

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“…Indirect-detection, direct-detection, and production (i.e., collider) searches for DM have different advantages. The complementarity between the methods has been reviewed in a number of recent works [e.g., [296][297][298]. As discussed in §2, indirect-detection searches measure the rate of DM annihilation (or decay) into Standard Model particles.…”

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Sensitivity projections for dark matter searches with the Fermi large area telescope

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The nature of dark matter is a longstanding enigma of physics; it may consist of particles beyond the Standard Model that are still elusive to experiments. Among indirect search techniques, which look for stable products from the annihilation or decay of dark matter particles, or from axions coupling to highenergy photons, observations of the γ-ray sky have come to prominence over the last few years, because of the excellent sensitivity of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission. The LAT energy range from 20 MeV to above 300 GeV is particularly well suited for searching for products of the interactions of dark matter particles. In this report we describe methods used to search for evidence of dark matter with the LAT, and review the status of searches performed with up to six years of LAT data. We also discuss the factors that determine the sensitivities of these searches, including the magnitudes of the signals and the relevant backgrounds, considering both statistical and systematic uncertainties. We project the expected sensitivities of each search method for 10 and 15 years of LAT data taking. In particular, we find that the sensitivity of searches targeting dwarf galaxies, which provide the best limits currently, will improve faster than the square root of observing time. Current LAT limits for dwarf galaxies using six years of data reach the thermal relic level for masses up to 120 GeV for the bb annihilation channel for reasonable dark matter density profiles. With projected discoveries of additional dwarfs, these limits could extend to about 250 GeV. With as much as 15 years of LAT data these searches would be sensitive to dark 1 arXiv:1605.02016v2 [astro-ph.HE] 13 May 2016 matter annihilations at the thermal relic cross section for masses to greater than 400 GeV (200 GeV) in the bb (τ + τ − ) annihilation channels.

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“…Although there is as yet no confirmed and statistically significant evidence for direct, indirect, or collider-based detection of dark matter [1], all of these experiments are entering regimes where there is now a reasonable possibility of success [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are among the leading dark matter candidates, largely because they would have been created in about the right abundance as thermal relics if their mass is ∼ 100 GeV.…”

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Dark matter candidate with well-defined mass and couplings

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2017

Mod. Phys. Lett. A

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“…We take into account the energy and angular resolutions of a generic detector as applied to the 3 We were also not able to find the values in asterisk. For Neon, Argon and Sulphur, we set the orbital spin values to 1 2 to avoid any infinities in the calculation of the spin-dependent cross-sections as shown in Eq.…”

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“…Despite a significant effort, none of the individual experiments have provided a strong indication on the mass scale of dark matter particles. It is therefore essential to search for evidence of dark matter in many different ways: by directly producing DM candidate at particle colliders, as well as by detecting it in our galaxy and beyond [3].…”

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Direct detection of dark matter with MadDM v.2.0

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Martini

Mattelaer

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Physics of the Dark Universe

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We present MadDM v.2.0, a numerical tool for dark matter physics in a generic model. This version is the next step towards the development of a fully automated framework for dark matter searches at the interface of collider physics, astrophysics and cosmology. It extends the capabilities of v.1.0 to perform calculations relevant to the direct detection of dark matter. These include calculations of spinindependent/spin-dependent nucleon scattering cross sections and nuclear recoil rates (as a function of both energy and angle), as well as a simplified functionality to compare the model points with existing constraints. The functionality of MadDM v.2.0 incorporates a large selection of dark matter detector materials and sizes, and simulates detector effects on the nuclear recoil signals. We validate the code in a wide range of dark matter models by comparing results from MadDM v.2.0 to the existing tools and literature. a b s t r a c tWe present MadDM v.2.0, a numerical tool for dark matter physics in a generic model. This version is the next step towards the development of a fully automated framework for dark matter searches at the interface of collider physics, astro-physics and cosmology. It extends the capabilities of v.1.0 to perform calculations relevant to the direct detection of dark matter. These include calculations of spin-independent/spindependent nucleon scattering cross sections and nuclear recoil rates (as a function of both energy and angle), as well as a simplified functionality to compare the model points with existing constraints. The functionality of MadDM v.2.0 incorporates a large selection of dark matter detector materials and sizes, and simulates detector effects on the nuclear recoil signals. We validate the code in a wide range of dark matter models by comparing results from MadDM v.2.0 to the existing tools and literature.

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Dark Matter in the Coming Decade: Complementary Paths to Discovery and Beyond

Cited by 19 publications

References 228 publications

Sensitivity projections for dark matter searches with the Fermi large area telescope

Sensitivity projections for dark matter searches with the Fermi large area telescope

Dark matter candidate with well-defined mass and couplings

Direct detection of dark matter with MadDM v.2.0

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