AMS-02 antiprotons' consistency with a secondary astrophysical origin

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment has ushered cosmic-ray physics into precision era. In an earlier paper [Génolini et al., Phys. Rev. D 99, 123028 (2019)10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123028], we designed an improved method to calibrate propagation models on the boron-to-carbon ratio data. He...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Boudaud, Yoann Génolini, Laurent Derome, Julien Lavalle, David Maurin, Pierre Salati, Pasquale D. Serpico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-04-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023022
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Summary:The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment has ushered cosmic-ray physics into precision era. In an earlier paper [Génolini et al., Phys. Rev. D 99, 123028 (2019)10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123028], we designed an improved method to calibrate propagation models on the boron-to-carbon ratio data. Here we provide a robust prediction of the p[over ¯] flux, accounting for several sources of uncertainties and their correlations. Combined with a correlation matrix for the p[over ¯] data, we show that the latter are consistent with a secondary origin. This paper presents key elements relevant to the dark matter search in this channel, notably by pointing out the inherent difficulties in achieving predictions at the percent-level precision.
ISSN:2643-1564