Section on prospects for dark matter detection of the white paper on the status and future of ground-based TeV gamma-ray astronomy.

Byrum, K. ; Horan, D. ; Tait, T. ; Wanger, R. ; Zaharijas, G. ; Buckley , J. ; Baltz, E. A. ; Bertone, G. ; Dingus, B. ; Fegan, S. ; Ferrer, F. ; Gondolo, P. ; Hall, J. ; Hooper, D. ; Horan, D. ; Koushiappas, S. ; Krawczynksi, H. ; LeBohec, S. ; Pohl, M. ; Profumo, S. ; Silk , J ; Vassilev, V. ; Wood , M. ; Wakely, S. ; Physics, High Energy ; FNAL ; Louis, Univ. of St. ; Univ., Stanford ; Astrophysique, Insti. d' ; LANL ; California, Univ. of ; Univ., Washington ; Utah, Univ. of ; Univ., Brown ; Univ., Oxford ; Univ., Iowa State ; Chicago, Univ. of

Argonne National Laboratory

关键词: Astronomy;    Nonluminous Matter;    Detection;    Gamma Spectroscopy;    71 Classical And Quantum Mechanics, General Physics;   

DOI  :  10.2172/952938
RP-ID  :  ANL-HEP-TR-09-22
RP-ID  :  DE-AC02-06CH11357
RP-ID  :  952938

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【 摘 要 】

This is a report on the findings of the dark matter science working group for the white paper on the status and future of TeV gamma-ray astronomy. The white paper was commissioned by the American Physical Society, and the full white paper can be found on astro-ph (arXiv:0810.0444). This detailed section discusses the prospects for dark matter detection with future gamma-ray experiments, and the complementarity of gamma-ray measurements with other indirect, direct or accelerator-based searches. We conclude that any comprehensive search for dark matter should include gamma-ray observations, both to identify the dark matter particle (through the characteristics of the gamma-ray spectrum) and to measure the distribution of dark matter in galactic halos.