Signatures of Dark Matter in Cosmic-Ray Observations

Abstract

I provide a short review of the current status of indirect dark matter searches with gamma rays, charged cosmic rays and neutrinos. For each case I will focus on various excesses reported in the literature which have been interpreted as possible hints of dark matter, and I will use them as examples to discuss theoretical aspects and analysis methodologies.

8 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 16th TAUP conference, Sept. 9-13 2019, Toyama, Japan

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