Detecção Direta e Indireta de Matéria Escura em Teorias de Gauge

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Farinaldo da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; BR; Física; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Detecção Direta e Indireta de Matéria Escura; Fermi-LAT; Modelo 331; Direct and Indirect Detection of Dark Matter; 3-3-1 model; CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::FISICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5728

The Dark matter (DM) problem constitutes a key question at the interface among Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. The observational data which have been accumulated in the last years point to an existence of non baryonic amount of DM. Since the Standard Model (SM) does not provide any candidate for such non-baryonic DM, the evidence of DM is a major indication for new physics beyond the SM. We will study in this work one of the most popular DM candidates, the so called WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) from a direct and indirect detection perspective. In order to approach the direct and indirect dection of DM in the context of Particle Physics in a more pedagogic way, we will begin our discussion talking about a minimal extension of the SM. Later we will work on the subject in a 3-3-1 model. Next, we will study the role of WIMPs in the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Lastly, we will look for indirect signals of DM, by looking for gamma-ray excess observed by the NASA Satelite, called Fermi-LAT, in the Galactic Center. Through an analyses of the data events observed by Fermi-LAT and some background models, we will constrain the annihilation cross section-mass relation. As a result of this PhD 9 articles have been done. Two of them are still under the publication process.