Strategies for Determining the Nature of Dark Matter

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2008-02-05

arxiv.org/abs/0802.0702v2

Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.58:293-314,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

25 pages, 5 figures, Review intended for the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Scientific paper

10.1146/annurev.nucl.58.110707.1

In this review, we discuss the role of the various experimental programs taking part in the broader effort to identify the particle nature of dark matter. In particular, we focus on electroweak scale dark matter particles and discuss a wide range of search strategies being carried out and developed to detect them. These efforts include direct detection experiments, which attempt to observe the elastic scattering of dark matter particles with nuclei, indirect detection experiments, which search for photons, antimatter and neutrinos produced as a result of dark matter annihilations, and collider searches for new TeV-scale physics. Each of these techniques could potentially provide a different and complementary set of information related to the mass, interactions and distribution of dark matter. Ultimately, it is hoped that these many different tools will be used together to conclusively identify the particle or particles that constitute the dark matter of our universe.

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