A robust excess in the cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum: Implications for annihilating dark matter

I Cholis, T Linden, D Hooper - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
An excess of∼ 10–20 GeV cosmic-ray antiprotons has been identified in the spectrum
reported by the AMS-02 Collaboration. The systematic uncertainties associated with this …

What does the PAMELA antiproton spectrum tell us about dark matter?

D Hooper, T Linden, P Mertsch - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Measurements of the cosmic ray antiproton spectrum can be used to search for contributions
from annihilating dark matter and to constrain the dark matter annihilation cross section …

Possible dark matter annihilation signal in the AMS-02 antiproton data

MY Cui, Q Yuan, YLS Tsai, YZ Fan - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
Using the latest AMS-02 cosmic-ray antiproton flux data, we search for a potential dark
matter annihilation signal. The background parameters about the propagation, source …

Scrutinizing the evidence for dark matter in cosmic-ray antiprotons

A Cuoco, J Heisig, L Klamt, M Korsmeier, M Krämer - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
Global fits of primary and secondary cosmic-ray (CR) fluxes measured by AMS-02 have
great potential to study CR propagation models and search for exotic sources of antimatter …

Novel dark matter constraints from antiprotons in light of AMS-02

A Cuoco, M Krämer, M Korsmeier - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We evaluate dark matter (DM) limits from cosmic-ray antiproton observations using the
recent precise AMS-02 measurements. We properly take into account cosmic-ray …

Cosmic ray antiprotons at high energies

MW Winkler - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Cosmic ray antiprotons provide a powerful tool to probe dark matter annihilations in our
galaxy. The sensitivity of this important channel is, however, diluted by sizable uncertainties …

Constraints on particle dark matter from cosmic-ray antiprotons

N Fornengo, L Maccione, A Vittino - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Cosmic-ray antiprotons represent an important channel for dark matter indirect-detection
studies. Current measurements of the antiproton flux at the top of the atmosphere and …

AMS-02 antiprotons reloaded

R Kappl, A Reinert, MW Winkler - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The AMS-02 collaboration has released preliminary data on the antiproton fraction in cosmic
rays. The surprisingly hard antiproton spectrum at high rigidity has triggered speculations …

Galactic antiproton spectrum at high energies: Background expectation versus<? format?> exotic contributions

T Bringmann, P Salati - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2007 - APS
A new generation of upcoming space-based experiments will soon start to probe the
spectrum of cosmic-ray antiparticles with an unprecedented accuracy and, in particular, will …

Antiprotons from Dark Matter: Current constraints and future sensitivities

M Cirelli, G Giesen - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We systematically analyze the impact of current and foreseen cosmic ray antiproton
measurements on the properties of Dark Matter (DM). We find that: 1) The current data from …