Jun 5 – 6, 2014
UCLA Faculty Center
US/Pacific timezone

Antiprotons and Antideuterons from Gravitino Decay

Jun 5, 2014, 11:10 AM
30m
Hacienda Room (UCLA Faculty Center)

Hacienda Room

UCLA Faculty Center

UCLA Faculty Center, 480 Charles Young Dr. East

Speaker

Dr Michael Grefe (Universität Hamburg)

Description

I will discuss antiprotons and antideuterons produced in the decays of gravitino dark matter in the Milky Way. The gravitino in models with bilinear (or trilinear) R-parity violation is a well-motivated candidate for decaying dark matter in supergravity theories. I will show that observations of cosmic-ray antiprotons allow to set stringent constraints on the gravitino lifetime. Moreover, I will present an updated calculation of the antideuteron flux expected from gravitino decays and briefly comment on the detection prospects in current and planned experiments.

Primary author

Dr Michael Grefe (Universität Hamburg)

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