SM antideuteron background to indirect dark matter signals in galactic cosmic rays

Abstract

Antideuteron production cross-sections estimated using EPOS-LHC with a coalescence afterburner, tuned to reproduce published experimental data over a wide range of energy were used here as input to the galactic propagator code GALPROP, validated with comparing to existing proton, helium fluxes as well as boron-to-carbon ratio data. The resulting near-Earth antideuteron flux, including solar modulation, is compared to previous estimates. An overall factor of two increments in the antideuteron flux is predicted, the origin of which is also discussed. However, this standard model source of antideuteron background still lies well below the AMS-02, and the expected GAPS, sensitivities, as well as the fluxes predicted by several dark matter models.

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