Status of Dark Matter Searches (Rapporteur Talk)

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current state of dark matter research as of 2017, summarizing experimental efforts, findings, and challenges discussed at the ICRC 2017 conference.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of dark matter search efforts and status as of 2017 based on a rapporteur talk at a major international conference.

Findings

Summary of experimental constraints on dark matter

Discussion of recent detection efforts and null results

Identification of future directions in dark matter research

Abstract

This article reviews the status of the field of dark matter as of summer 2017, when it was discussed at 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017) in Busan, Korea. It is the write-up of a rapporteur talk on the status of dark matter searches given at the conference.