Implications for dark matter annihilation from the AMS-02 $\bar{p}/p$ ratio

Abstract

The AMS-02 collaboration has just released the cosmic antiproton to proton ratio $\bar{p}/p$ with a high precision up to $\sim 450$ GeV. In this work, we calculate the secondary antiprotons generated by cosmic ray interactions with the interstellar medium taking into account the uncertainties from the cosmic ray propagation. The $\bar{p}/p$ ratio predicted by these processes shows some tension with the AMS-02 data in some regions of propagation parameters, but the excess is not significant. We then try to derive upper bounds on the dark matter annihilation cross section from the $\bar{p}/p$ data or signal regions favored by the data. It is shown that the constraint derived by the AMS-02 data is similar to that from Fermi-LAT observations of dwarf galaxies. The signal region for dark matter is usually required $m_{\chi }\sim O(10)$ TeV and $\left<σv\right>\sim\mathcal{O}(10^{-23})~\cm^3~\sec^{-1}$.

arXiv comment15 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables

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