Antinuclei cosmic-rays as a probe for dark matter.
ORAL
Abstract
Cosmic ray antinuclei offer an exciting new avenue to probe the nature of dark matter. We focus
on the low energy antideuteron spectrum and leverage the Monash tune in Pythia 8.3 to simulate
cosmic-ray proton collisions in the interstellar medium. Employing an event afterburner on the
antinucleon four-momentum data allows us to elucidate clusters of antiprotons and antineutrons,
that can coalesce into antinuclei species such as antideuterons, antitritium, and anti-Helium-3.
With this approach we can isolate dark matter signatures in antinuclei cosmic-ray fluxes
untainted by astrophysical backgrounds. Such fluxes can be observed my AMS-02 and upcoming
experiments. Our analysis allows to evaluate more precisely the expected cosmic-ray energy
spectra, a task crucial for advancing our understanding of cosmic-ray physics and the properties
of dark matter.
on the low energy antideuteron spectrum and leverage the Monash tune in Pythia 8.3 to simulate
cosmic-ray proton collisions in the interstellar medium. Employing an event afterburner on the
antinucleon four-momentum data allows us to elucidate clusters of antiprotons and antineutrons,
that can coalesce into antinuclei species such as antideuterons, antitritium, and anti-Helium-3.
With this approach we can isolate dark matter signatures in antinuclei cosmic-ray fluxes
untainted by astrophysical backgrounds. Such fluxes can be observed my AMS-02 and upcoming
experiments. Our analysis allows to evaluate more precisely the expected cosmic-ray energy
spectra, a task crucial for advancing our understanding of cosmic-ray physics and the properties
of dark matter.
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Presenters
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Pradip Rimal
Oakland University
Authors
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Pradip Rimal
Oakland University
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Ilias Cholis
Oakland University