Dedicated Indirect Searches for Dark Matter Using Antideuterons

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential of using low energy antideuterons as a promising indirect detection method for dark matter, highlighting their low background and complementarity with other searches.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of using antideuterons for dark matter detection and reviews current and future experimental prospects.

Findings

Antideuterons have low astrophysical background, making them ideal for dark matter detection.

Current and upcoming experiments could detect dark matter signals via antideuterons.

Antideuteron searches complement other dark matter detection methods.

Abstract

This white paper describes the basic idea for indirect dark matter searches using antideuterons. Low energy antideuterons produced by dark matter annihilations/decays provide an attractive dark matter signature, due to the low astrophysical background. The current and future experiments have a strong potential to detect antideuterons from dark matter. They are complementary not only with each other, but also with other dark matter searches.