Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-04-08
JCAP 0906:004,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
17 pages, 4 figures. Table 3 and typos corrected
Scientific paper
10.1088/1475-7516/2009/06/004
Recent observations of a large excess of cosmic-ray positrons at high energies have raised a lot of interest in leptonic decay modes of dark matter particles. Nevertheless, dark matter particles in the Milky Way halo could also decay hadronically, producing not only a flux of antiprotons but also a flux of antideuterons. We show that for certain choices of parameters the antideuteron flux from dark matter decay can be much larger than the purely secondary flux from spallation of cosmic rays on the interstellar medium, while the total antiproton flux remains consistent with present observations. We show that if the dark matter particle is sufficiently light, the antideuteron flux from dark matter decay could even be within the reach of planned experiments such as AMS-02 or GAPS. Furthermore, we discuss the prospects to observe the antideuteron flux in the near future if the steep rise in the positron fraction reported by the PAMELA collaboration is interpreted in terms of the decay of dark matter particles.
Ibarra Alejandro
Tran David
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