High-energetic Cosmic Antiprotons from Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter
arXiv:astro-ph/0506219 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2005/08/006
Abstract
The lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP) in models with universal extra dimensions is an interesting dark matter candidate that has recently received great attention. Here, we investigate the antiproton flux from LKP annihilations in the galactic halo. In our analysis we include different halo density profiles and allow for part of the dark matter to be concentrated in 'clumps' rather than being distributed homogeneously. After re-analyzing the observational bounds on the allowed amount of clumpiness, we find that LKP annihilations may well give a significant contribution to the antiproton flux at energies higher than about 10 GeV, while for energies above around 500 GeV the conventional background is expected to dominate again. The shortly upcoming PAMELA satellite will already be able to measure part of this high-energy window, while planned experiments like AMS-02 will have access to the full energy range of interest.
16 pages IOP latex style, 5 figures. Slightly updated to match the published version (including, in particular, an extended discussion on the positron peak at high energies)
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