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Novel Searches for Dark Matter
Wishlist & Goals
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What do we mean ?
• Workshop Goals– Accomplishments to
be achieved during the workshop
• Wishlists– List of things that would be nice,
both viewed from a theoretical and experimental perspective
– Help defining (near term) goals, targeted list
– Workshop will serve to establish needed contacts and define a path towards achieving results outlined on the wishlist, taking feasibility into account
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Workshop Goals
• General– Topic driven workshop, focus on what is
relevant for “Novel Searches for Dark Matter with Neutrino Telescopes”
• Specifically develop analysis outline (example annihilation signal from the galactic halo, …)
• Develop / Explore the relevance of issues during this workshop
– Strongly encourage discussions and exploration of new ideas
• Flexible schedule, ...
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Workshop Goals• Review theoretical aspects especially
relevant for indirect DM searches – Dark Matter Properties
– Halo Properties
– Annihilation/Decay
– Expected Dark Matter Signals (indirect)
– Backgrounds
• Review latest instrumentation and their performance of selected experiments– Photons
– Neutrinos
• Develop analysis strategies– Analysis Priority list (Halo DM search with neutrinos)
• Pros and cons– Galactic center– Stacking clumps (How ..)– Flux anisotropy measurement (all sky)– …
– Interplay between channels (gamma, neutrino, …)
X
Xp, …
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Photons vs. Neutrinos
• Fast progress is made on the experimental side
• The workshop will focus on the complementarily of photons and neutrinos
• Focus should not be on answering the question if the discovery potential of Dark Matter annihilations in the galactic halo is higher with photon or neutrinos
• Learn from each others experience, develop common analysis methods
Photons, neutrinos,leptons, etc …
Annihilation rate ~2
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Wishlist
• Theory to Experiment– What Galactic Halo Model – DM properties (MSSM ?)– DM annihilation
• Excl. hard, soft, direct ? What is preferred ?
– Limits/Results (annihilation cross-section vs. halo model)– ....
• Experiment to Theory– What is the experiment capable of ?
• Performance parameters
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