Dark Matter and Indirect Detection in Cosmic Rays

Abstract

In the early years, cosmic rays contributed essentially to particle physics through the discovery of new particles. Will history repeat itself? As with the discovery of the charged pion, the recent discovery of a Higgs-like boson may portend a rich new set of particles within reach of current and near future experiments. These may be discovered and studied by cosmic rays through the indirect detection of dark matter.

Comments: 8 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of Centenary Symposium 2012: Discovery of Cosmic Rays, Denver, Colorado, June 2012