Indirect Detection of WIMP Dark Matter: a compact review

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current status and prospects of indirect detection methods for WIMP dark matter, focusing on gamma-rays, neutrinos, and cosmic rays, amid recent experimental advances and claims.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive comparison of different indirect detection probes and discusses recent experimental results and detection claims in the context of dark matter research.

Findings

Detection sensitivities are reaching key parameter space regions.

Recent claims of potential dark matter signals are analyzed.

Constraints on WIMP properties are being refined by current experiments.

Abstract

Indirect detection of dark matter particles, i.e. the detection of annihilation or decay products of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, has entered a pivotal phase as experiments reach sensitivities that probe the most interesting parameter space. This period is naturally accompanied by claims of detection. In this contribution I discuss and compare different probes (gamma-rays, neutrinos and charged cosmic rays) and review the status and prospects of constraints and recent detection claims.