Multichannel particle searches in the precision era of dark matter astronomy

• Grant number: 15/50073-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Fabio Iocco
• Grantee: Fabio Iocco
• Principal researcher abroad: Christoph Weniger
• Institution abroad: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/11070-2 - Dark matter in the Milky Way: a precision era, AP.JP

Abstract

The goal of this collaboration is to implement the new information on the DM distribution - obtained as an outcome of the current Jovem Pesquisador project (FAPESP: 2014/11070-2) "Dark matter in the Milky Way, a precision era" - in the multichannel dark matter searches. This will permit to evaluate the impact of the latest findings on the dark matter distribution into indirect (looking for astrophysical signatures of dark matter annihilation or decay products) and direct (aiming at a nuclear recoil due to scattering of the DM particle) searches. The outcome of such an approach is expected to strongly impact particle physics models for dark matter, as for example supersymmetry, which will be addressed with dedicated scans of the parameter space implementing the new results on direct and indirect. The outcome of this project will greatly enhance the level of accuracy and precision of such searches, and give unprecedented reliability to multichannel searches of physics beyond the standard model. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BENITO, MARIA; BERNAL, NICOLAS; BOZORGNIA, NASSIM; CALORE, FRANCESCA; LOCCO, FABIO. Particle Dark Matter constraints: the effect of Galactic uncertainties. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, n. 2, FEB 2017. (14/11070-2, 15/50073-0, 11/11973-4)

BENITO, MARIA; BERNAL, NICOLAS; BOZORGNIA, NASSIM; CALORE, FRANCESCA; LOCCO, FABIO. Particle Dark Matter constraints: the effect of Galactic uncertainties. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, v. N/A, n. 2, p. 26-pg., 2017-02-01. (11/11973-4, 14/11070-2, 15/50073-0)