Theoretical interpretations of DAMPE first results: a critical review

2018/06/18 by Genolini, Yoann
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1806.06534

Abstract

The DAMPE experiment recently published its first results on the lepton (e⁺ + e^-) cosmic-ray (CRs) flux. These results are of importance since they account for the first direct detection of the lepton break around the energy of 1 TeV and confirm the discoveries of ground-based Cherenkov detectors. Meanwhile they reveal a new high-energy feature in the spectrum which triggered a lot of excitement on the theory side, when interpreted as the typical signature of leptophilic dark-matter annihilation. In this proceeding I mainly focus on the theoretical understanding of the lepton break. Then I quickly review the status of the more speculative line-like DAMPE excess, whose astrophysical (pulsar) or exotic (dark matter) explanation is strongly constrained by multi-messenger astronomy.

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