Snowmass 2021 Dark Matter Complementarity Report

TL;DR

This report outlines a comprehensive strategy for dark matter research, emphasizing technological advances, diverse experimental approaches, and collaborative efforts to maximize discovery potential over the next decade.

Contribution

It provides a coordinated roadmap for dark matter searches, integrating multiple techniques and Frontiers to enhance discovery prospects.

Findings

Advances in detector technology and analysis techniques have expanded search capabilities.

A diverse portfolio of experiments is essential for comprehensive dark matter exploration.

Collaboration across Frontiers enhances the potential for breakthrough discoveries.

Abstract

The fundamental nature of Dark Matter is a central theme of the Snowmass 2021 process, extending across all Frontiers. In the last decade, advances in detector technology, analysis techniques and theoretical modeling have enabled a new generation of experiments and searches while broadening the types of candidates we can pursue. Over the next decade, there is great potential for discoveries that would transform our understanding of dark matter. In the following, we outline a road map for discovery developed in collaboration among the Frontiers. A strong portfolio of experiments that delves deep, searches wide, and harnesses the complementarity between techniques is key to tackling this complicated problem, requiring expertise, results, and planning from all Frontiers of the Snowmass 2021 process.