Searching for Supersymmetric Dark Matter The Modulation Effect Due to Caustc Rings.pdfVIP

SEARCHING FOR SUPERSYMMETRIC DARK MATTER. THE MODULATION EFFECT DUE TO THE CAUSTIC RINGS . 0 J. D. VERGADOS 0 0 Theoretical Physics Section, University of Ioannina, GR-45110, Greece 2 E-mail:Vergados@cc.uoi.gr t The detection of the theoretically expected dark matter is central to particle physics c and cosmology. Current fashionable supersymmetric models provide a natural O dark matter candidate which is the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). The theoretically obtained event rates are usually very low or even undetectable. So 0 3 the experimentalists would like to exploit the modulation effect. In the present paper we study a specific class of non-isothermal models involving flows of caustic rings. We find that the modulation effect arising from such models is smaller than 1 that predicted by the isothermal models. v 8 9 1 Introduction 5 0 In recent years the consideration of exotic dark matter has become necessary 1 in order to close the Universe 1. Recent data from the Supernova Cosmology 0 Project 2 , 3 suggest that the situation can be adequately described by a 0 / barionic component ΩB = 0.1 along with the exotic components ΩCDM = 0.3 h and ΩΛ = 0.6 (see also Turner, these proceedings). p - Since this particle is expected to be very massive, mχ ≥ 30GeV , and o