Indirect searches for neutralino dark matter

There is mounting evidence for dark matter in the Universe and one of the favourite dark matter candidates is the neutralino, which naturally appears as the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) in many supersymmetric extensions of the standard model. The neutralino has the desired properties to be a good dark matter candidate and we will here review the different indirect searches for neutralino dark matter and discuss the implications on these from recent direct searches.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX, proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Identification of Dark Matter (idm2002), York, England, 2-6 September, 200

Indirect Detection of Neutralino Dark Matter up to TeV Scale

In this paper, we will describe the results of SUSY parameter space searches including minimal supergravity, non-universal supergravity and minimal supersymmetry and the implications on the indirect detection of neutralino dark matter. We give special attention to the effects of detector thresholds, solar absorption of neutrinos and hadronization of neutralino annihilation products. These effects are known to be important in calculating accurate event rates.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, Proceedings of 30 Years of Supersymmetry, Minneapolis, MN, October 200

Spectral Gamma-ray Signatures of Cosmological Dark Matter Annihilation

We propose a new signature for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter, a spectral feature in the diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray radiation. This feature, a sudden drop of the gamma-ray intensity at an energy corresponding to the WIMP mass, comes from the asymmetric distortion of the line due to WIMP annihilation into two gamma-rays caused by the cosmological redshift. Unlike other proposed searches for a line signal, this method is not very sensitive to the exact dark matter density distribution in halos and subhalos. The only requirement is that the mass distribution of substructure on small scales follows approximately the Press-Schechter law, and that smaller halos are on the average denser than large halos, which is a generic outcome of N-body simulations of Cold Dark Matter, and which has observational support. The upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will be eminently suited to search for these spectral features. For numerical examples, we use rates computed for supersymmetric particle dark matter, where a detectable signal is possible.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure. Matches the published version. Conclusions unchange

Anomalous U(1)′U(1)' and Dark Matter

We have studied the lightest masses in the fermionic sector of an anomalous $U(1)'$ extension of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) inspired by brane constructions. The LSP of this model is an XWIMP (extremely weak interaction particle). We have studied its relic density in the cases in which there is mixing with the neutralinos of the MSSM and in the case in which there is not such mixing. We have showed that this extended model can satisfy the WMAP data. To perform this calculation we have modified the DarkSUSY package.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures, proceedings of the RICAP 2011 conferenc

SUSY Tools for Dark Matter and at the Colliders

With present and upcoming SUSY searches both directly, indirectly and at accelerators, the need for accurate calculations is large. We will here go through some of the tools available both from a dark matter point of view and at accelerators. For natural reasons, we will focus on public tools, even though there are some rather sophisticated private tools as well.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, Chapter 16 of the book "Particle Dark Matter: Observations, Models and Searches" edited by G. Bertone, Cambridge University Press, http://cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978052176368