17–24 Jul 2024
Prague
Europe/Prague timezone

First measurement of antiproton cross section in p-He collisions at the AMBER Experiment at CERN

19 Jul 2024, 15:38
17m
Club E

Club E

Parallel session talk 09. Dark Matter Detection Dark Matter

Speaker

Mr Davide Giordano (Università degli Studi di Torino / INFN Torino (IT))

Description

One of the indirect detection method of dark matter (DM) is based on the search of the products of DM annihilation or decay. They should appear as distortions in the gamma rays spectra and in the rare Cosmic Ray (CR) components, like antiprotons, positrons and antideuterons, on top of the standard astrophysical production. In particular, the antiprotons in the Galaxy are mainly of secondary origin, produced by the scattering of cosmic proton and helium nuclei off the hydrogen and helium in the interstellar medium (ISM). In order to obtain a significant sensitivity to DM signals, accurate measurements of the $\bar{p}$ production cross section in $p-p$ and $p-He$ collisions are crucial. The AMBER experiment at CERN collected in 2023 the first data ever in $p-He$ collision at a center of mass energy from 10 to 21 GeV. Preliminary results will be shown for the first time in this talk. The 2024 AMBER program with proton beam on liquid hydrogen and deuterium targets will be also presented.

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Author

Mr Davide Giordano (Università degli Studi di Torino / INFN Torino (IT))

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