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Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter and Galactic Antiprotons

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Extra dimensions offer new ways to address long-standing problems in beyond the standard model particle physics. In some classes of extra-dimensional models, the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle is a viable dark matter candidate. In this work, we study indirect detection of Kaluza-Klein dark matter via its annihilation into antiprotons. We use a sophisticated galactic cosmic ray diffusion model whose parameters are fully constrained by an extensive set of experimental data. We discuss how fluxes of cosmic antiprotons can be used to exclude low Kaluza-Klein masses.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0506389,
  title  = {Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter and Galactic Antiprotons},
  author = {Aurelien Barrau and Pierre Salati and Geraldine Servant and Fiorenza Donato and Julien Grain and David Maurin and Richard Taillet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0506389},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables