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Description
The existence of dark matter (DM) is supported by a large body of evidence, on local and cosmological scales, collected over the past decades. However, we still have minimal knowledge about its nature and interaction mechanisms. If Dark Matter is made of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), indirect searches are an extremely promising method to probe annihilating and decaying dark matter particle models, with masses in the GeV to TeV region.
Indirect searches can be carried out by looking for an excess of gamma rays or neutrinos from DM-dominated regions, like the galactic centre or dwarf galaxies. The search for DM with charged cosmic rays can be performed by searching for spectral features in the antimatter fluxes, where the DM signal would appear as excess with respect to the background from conventional astrophysical processes.
This talk will provide an overview of the latest results from indirect dark matter searches. I will focus on the DM interpretation of the cosmic-ray antimatter, including the perspectives on the search for light antinuclei. I will provide an overview of the latest searches for dark matter with gamma rays and present future perspectives.
