Cosmic ray positron excess: is the dark matter solution a good bet?

被引：1

作者：

Lavalle, Julien ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Torino, Via Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[2] INFN, Dipartimento Fis Teor, I-10125 Turin, Italy

来源：

INVISIBLE UNIVERSE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE | 2010年 / 1241卷

关键词：

Dark matter; Galactic cosmic rays; MILKY-WAY; PROPAGATION; ELECTRONS; ANTIPROTONS; CLUMPINESS; SPECTRUM; FRACTION; PULSARS; MODELS; GALAXY;

D O I：

10.1063/1.3462661

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The recent observation by the PAMELA satellite of a rising positron fraction up to similar to 100 GeV has triggered a considerable amount of putative interpretations in terms of dark matter (DM) annihilation or decay. Here, we make a critical reassessment of such a possibility, recalling the elementary conditions with respect to the standard astrophysical background that would make it likely, showing that they are not fulfilled. Likewise, we argue that, as now well accepted, DM would need somewhat contrived properties to contribute significantly to the observed positron signal, even when including e.g. clumpiness effects. This means that most of natural DM candidates arising in particle physics beyond the standard model are not expected to be observed in the cosmic antimatter spectrum, unfortunately. However, this does not prevent them from remaining excellent DM candidates, this only points towards the crucial need of developing much more complex detection strategies (multimessenger, multiwavelength, multiscale searches).

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页码：398 / 407

页数：10

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