Clumpy neutralino dark matter
- 6 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 59 (4) , 043506
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.59.043506
Abstract
We investigate the possibility to detect neutralino dark matter in a scenario in which the galactic dark halo is clumpy. We find that under customary assumptions on various astrophysical parameters, the antiproton and continuum -ray signals from neutralino annihilation in the halo put the strongest limits on the clumpiness of a neutralino halo. We argue that indirect detection through neutrinos from the Earth and the Sun should not be affected much by clumpiness. We identify situations in parameter space where the -ray line, positron and diffuse neutrino signals from annihilations in the halo may provide interesting signals in upcoming detectors.
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