Indirect Detection of Dark Matter in the Galaxy

2020/05/31 by Rebecca K. Leane, Leane, Rebecca K. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph.HE #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2006.00513

25 pages, 10 figures (including 4 new telescope timescale/sensitivity summary plots). Mini-review, based on an invited overview talk presented at EDSU 2020, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

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Abstract

I present a short overview of the latest developments in indirect searches for dark matter using gamma rays, X-rays, charged cosmic rays, micro waves, radio waves, and neutrinos. I briefly outline key past, present, and future experiments and their search strategies. In several searches there are exciting anomalies which could potentially be emerging dark matter signals. I discuss these anomalous signals, and some future prospects to determine their origins.

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