A review of indirect searches for particle dark matter. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gaskins, Jennifer M.
• Is Part Of: Contemporary physics. Volume 57:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 496
• Page End: 525
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Dark matter -- indirect detection -- gamma rays -- cosmic rays -- neutrinos -- multi-wavelength; Physics -- Periodicals; 530
• DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2016.1175160
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-7514

Abstract

Abstract : The indirect detection of dark matter annihilation and decay using observations of photons, charged cosmic rays and neutrinos offers a promising means of identifying the particle nature of this elusive component of the universe. The last decade has seen substantial advances in observational data-sets, complemented by new insights from numerical simulations, which together have enabled for the first time strong constraints on dark matter particle models, and have revealed several intriguing hints of possible signals. This review provides an introduction to indirect detection methods and an overview of recent results in the field.