A search for Z = -1 dark matter annihilation products in cosmic rays with AMS-01
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Rybka, Gray
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Peter Fisher.
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The majority of mass in the universe has not been observed optically and is termed dark matter. The supersymmetric neutralino provides an interesting dark matter candidate, which may self-annihilate in our galaxy, producing particles visible in the cosmic ray spectrum. During a ten day space shuttle flight, the AMS-01 detector recorded over 100 million cosmic ray events. This analysis searches for the products of neutralino annihilation in the AMS-01 Z=-1 spectrum, and uses the results to place limits on which supersymmetric and dark matter halo distribution models are compatible.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).
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2007Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.