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Probing neutralino resonance annihilation via the indirect detection of dark matter

Howard Baer and Jorge O'Farrill

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The 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.


Keywords

cosmic rays

dark matter

high energy photons

PACS

98.80.Bp Origin and formation of the Universe

96.50.S- Cosmic rays

04.65.+e Supergravity

95.30.Cq Elementary particle processes

11.30.Er Charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, and other discrete symmetries

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Particle physics and field theory

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 04 (April 2004)

Received 5 January 2004, accepted for publication 30 March 2004

Published 14 April 2004



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