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@PHDTHESIS{Vollmann:221451,
author = {Vollmann, Martin},
title = {{P}henomenology of {D}ark {M}atter from {R}adio to {G}amma
{R}ay {F}requencies},
issn = {1435-8085},
school = {Universität Hamburg},
type = {Dr.},
address = {Hamburg},
publisher = {Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron},
reportid = {PUBDB-2015-02685, DESY-THESIS-2015-027},
series = {DESY-THESIS},
pages = {133},
year = {2015},
note = {Universität Hamburg, Diss., 2015},
abstract = {Multiwavelength astronomical observations have been proven
to be of crucial relevance in understanding the most
fundamental questions in physics. One of the biggest
mysteries of nature is the existence of a (still)
unidentified type of matter that makes up most of the
material universe. Although little is known about its
nature, it is very likely that this exotic Dark Matter (DM)
is made of so-called Weakly Interacting Massive
Particles(WIMPs).In this thesis we investigate which
strategies can best address the fundamental question: What
is Dark Matter? Specifically, by following the “WIMP”
paradigm as our guiding principle, we comprehensively
discuss the phenomenology of prospective “indirect”
detection scenarios of such WIMPs. Special consideration is
given to extraterrestrial gamma rays and radio waves
produced around the center of the Milky Way. In light of two
recently highly debated claims of WIMP Dark Matter
discovery, namely the 130 GeV gamma-ray line and the GeV
gamma-ray excess, we invoke ourmethods to confront those
hypotheses. In addition our study contains antiparticle
cosmic-ray (antiproton and positron) data analyses. The
phenomenology for indirect DM detection with these
“messengers” is briefly discussed as well.By exploiting
the high degree of symmetry of typical annihilating 2-WIMP
initial states, we are able to employ a very powerful tool
in theoretical particle physics: the generalized optical
theorem. This theorem relates the amplitude of
loop-suppressed processes, such as the 130 GeV line if
interpreted as product of WIMP annihilations, with
tree-level process which are constrained in the same way as
with the GeV excess. Unprecedentedly reported analytical
computations of partial-wave (and helicity) cross sections
with general applicability are calculated and applied.The
possibility that a non-trivial effect in the particle model
for DM might enhance the strength of a gamma-ray line signal
is also explored. We focus on the five-dimensional model
with “Universal Extra Dimensions” (UED) which offers a
suitable DM candidate. We show that the intrinsic resonant
properties of the model give rise to enhancements in the
annihilation cross sections. All the necessary couplings of
KK-number violating vertices localized in the orbifold fixed
points are also computed for the first time.Motivated by the
possibility that black holes can accelerate DM particles up
to, in principle, arbitrarily large energies, we investigate
WIMP annihilations with larger center-of-mass energies in
the UED context.},
cin = {UNI/TH},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)UNI_TH-20120731$},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF3-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)29 / PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2015-027},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/221451},
}