The majority of mass in the universe has not been observed optically and is
termed dark matter. The supersymmetric neutralino provides an interesting dark
matter candidate, which may self-annihilate in our galaxy, producing particles
visible in the cosmic ray spectrum. During a ten day space shuttle flight, the
AMS-01 detector recorded over 100 million cosmic ray events. This analysis
searches for the products of neutralino annihilation in the AMS-01 Z=-1
spectrum, and uses the results to place limits on which supersymmetric and dark
matter halo distribution models are compatible.Comment: Thesi
