Novel Searches for Dark
Matter
Wishlist & Goals
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What do we mean ?
• Workshop Goals
– Accomplishments to
be achieved during
the workshop
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• 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
X
X
 p,
…
– Neutrinos
• Develop analysis strategies
– Analysis Priority list (Halo DM search with
neutrinos)
• Pros and cons
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Galactic center
Stacking clumps (How ..)
Flux anisotropy measurement (all sky)
…
– Interplay between channels (gamma, neutrino, …)
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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
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Annihilation
rate ~2
Photons,
neutrinos,
leptons, etc
…
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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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Practical
• Dedicated workshop website with
resources
– Talks (of the workshop)
– Follow ups
• Working documents (could evolve to
publications)
– Links, references
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