TP4

Dr. Philip von Doetinchem

Dr. Philip von Doetinchem from the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a guest of Prof. Julia Tjus (TP4, Plasma Astroparticle Physics) and will give a talk on "Cosmic-ray antideuteron searches" on 7/13/2016 at 10:00 am in NB 7/67.

Abstract: Recent years have seen increased theoretical and experimental efforts towards the first-ever detection of cosmic-ray antideuterons, in particular as an indirect signature of dark matter annihilation or decay. In contrast to indirect dark matter searches using positrons, antiprotons, or gamma-rays, which suffer from relatively high and uncertain astrophysical backgrounds, searches with antideuterons benefit from very suppressed conventional backgrounds, offering a potential breakthrough in unexplored phase space for dark matter. The presentation will review dark matter theories that can be probed with antideuterons, the challenges for the interpretations of antideuteron signals, and the experimental efforts toward cosmic antideuteron detection.