Search for a dark matter particle family

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel method to detect a family of dark matter particles and their unstable partners by analyzing cosmic ray spectra, covering a mass range from 8 TeV to 3 PeV, which could reveal new physics.

Contribution

It introduces a new signature for detecting unstable dark matter partners across a wide mass spectrum using cosmic ray energy spectra, a novel approach in dark matter research.

Findings

Potential detection of dark matter particle family through cosmic ray spectra.

Mass range of 8 TeV to 3 PeV for dark matter partners.

Contribution of galactic dark matter and cosmic rays to detection signals.

Abstract

I suggest a simple signature for new particles which are unstable partners of a dark matter particle. The suggested mass range is from 8 TeV to 3 PeV, the former being the mass of the dark matter particle and the latter being the knee energy mass scale from the cosmic ray energy spectrum. It can be the energy spectrum of a specific particle such as a muon, a neutrino, jets or any other particles produced in cosmic ray showers, as long as the spectrum is measued. As for the detection of a 3 PeV particle by the neutrino energy spectrum, all dark matter targets throughout the galaxy that are bombarded by high energy cosmic rays and high energy dark matter particles contribute to the process. This is new in the study of dark matter physics.