Indirect Dark Matter Searches and Models

TL;DR

This paper reviews indirect dark matter detection methods, comparing experimental data with theoretical models focusing on WIMPs and superWIMPs within various supersymmetric frameworks.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive comparison of current experimental results with predictions from multiple supersymmetric dark matter models, highlighting the status of indirect detection efforts.

Findings

Experimental data constrains certain dark matter models.

Neutralino and gravitino models remain viable candidates.

No definitive dark matter detection yet.

Abstract

Indirect dark matter searches are briefly reviewed. Current experimental data from satellites and Cherenkov telescopes searching for antimatter and gamma rays in galactic and extragalactic regions, are compared with predictions from theoretical models of dark matter. The analysis is focused on WIMPs such as the neutralino and the sneutrino, and a superWIMP such as the gravitino, in several interesting supersymmetric models. In particular, the discussion is carried out in the context of R-parity conserving models such as the MSSM, the NMSSM, and an extended NMSSM, and the R-parity violating model $\mu\nu$SSM.