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What charged cosmic rays tell us on dark matter

Pierre Salati

SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 067 (2023) · published 5 July 2023

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14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter

Abstract

Dark matter particles could be the major component of the haloes of galaxies. Their mutual annihilations or decays would produce an indirect signature under the form of high-energy cosmic-rays. The focus of this presentation is on antimatter species, a component so rare that any excess over the background should be easily detected. After a recap on Galactic propagation, I will discuss positrons, antiprotons and anti-nuclei. For each of these species, anomalies have been reported. The antiproton excess, for instance, is currently a hot topic. Alas, it does not resist a correct treatment of theoretical and data errors.


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