Astrophysical Interplay in Dark Matter Searches

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advancements in dark matter detection, emphasizing the importance of accurate Galactic modeling to interpret experimental limits and discussing future prospects for indirect and direct searches.

Contribution

It introduces improved methods for modeling dark matter distribution and extracting particle properties amidst Galactic uncertainties in upcoming experiments.

Findings

Enhanced Galactic models refine dark matter interaction limits.

New analysis techniques improve parameter extraction.

Future experiments will benefit from these modeling improvements.

Abstract

I discuss recent progress in dark matter searches, focusing in particular on how rigorous modeling the dark matter distribution in the Galaxy and in its satellite galaxies improves our interpretation of the limits on the annihilation and elastic scattering cross sections. Looking forward to indirect and direct searches that will operate during the next decade, I review methods for extracting the properties of the dark matter in these experiments in the presence of unknown Galactic model parameters.