Indirect and direct search for dark matter
- The majority of the matter in the universe is still unidentified and under investigation by both direct and indirect means. Many experiments searching for the recoil of dark-matter particles off target nuclei in underground laboratories have established increasingly strong constraints on the mass and scattering cross sections of weakly interacting particles, and some have even seen hints at a possible signal. Other experiments search for a possible mixing of photons with light scalar or pseudo-scalar particles that could also constitute dark matter. Furthermore, annihilation or decay of dark matter can contribute to charged cosmic rays, photons at all energies, and neutrinos. Many existing and future ground-based and satellite experiments are sensitive to such signals. Finally, data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN are scrutinized for missing energy as a signature of new weakly interacting particles that may be related to dark matter. In this review article we summarize the status of the field with an emphasis on theThe majority of the matter in the universe is still unidentified and under investigation by both direct and indirect means. Many experiments searching for the recoil of dark-matter particles off target nuclei in underground laboratories have established increasingly strong constraints on the mass and scattering cross sections of weakly interacting particles, and some have even seen hints at a possible signal. Other experiments search for a possible mixing of photons with light scalar or pseudo-scalar particles that could also constitute dark matter. Furthermore, annihilation or decay of dark matter can contribute to charged cosmic rays, photons at all energies, and neutrinos. Many existing and future ground-based and satellite experiments are sensitive to such signals. Finally, data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN are scrutinized for missing energy as a signature of new weakly interacting particles that may be related to dark matter. In this review article we summarize the status of the field with an emphasis on the complementarity between direct detection in dedicated laboratory experiments, indirect detection in the cosmic radiation, and searches at particle accelerators. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…
Author details: | Michael Klasen, Martin PohlORCiDGND, Günter Sigl |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2015.07.001 |
ISSN: | 0146-6410 |
ISSN: | 1873-2224 |
Title of parent work (English): | Progress in particle and nuclear physics |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | Amsterdam |
Publication type: | Review |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2015 |
Publication year: | 2015 |
Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
Tag: | Dark matter; Direct searches; Indirect searches; LHC |
Volume: | 85 |
Number of pages: | 32 |
First page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 32 |
Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the collaborative research centre [SFB 676]; Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP) - Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Peer review: | Referiert |