Howard Baer and Jorge O'Farrill JCAP04(2004)005 doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2004/04/005
Howard Baer and Jorge O'Farrill
Show affiliationsThe lightest neutralino of R-parity conserving supersymmetric models serves as a compelling candidate to account for the presence of cold dark matter in the universe. In the minimal supergravity (mSUGRA) model, a relic density can be found in accord with recent WMAP data for large values of the parameter tan β, where neutralino annihilation in the early universe occurs via the broad s-channel resonance of the pseudoscalar Higgs boson A. We map out rates for indirect detection of neutralinos via (1) the detection of neutrinos arising from neutralino annihilation in the core of the earth or sun and (2) the detection of gamma rays, antiprotons and positrons arising from neutralino annihilation in the galactic halo. If indeed A-resonance annihilation is the main sink for neutralinos in the early universe, then signals may occur in the gamma ray, antiproton and positron channels, while a signal in the neutrino channel would likely be absent. This is in contrast to the hyperbolic branch/focus point (HB/FP) region where all indirect detection signals are likely to occur, and also in contrast to the stau co-annihilation region, where none of the indirect signals are likely to occur.
98.80.Bp Origin and formation of the Universe
95.30.Cq Elementary particle processes
11.30.Er Charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, and other discrete symmetries
Issue 04 (April 2004)
Received 5 January 2004, accepted for publication 30 March 2004
Published 14 April 2004
Howard Baer and Jorge O'Farrill JCAP04(2004)005
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