Precise dark matter constraints on minimal and non-minimal SUSY models

Abstract:

One of the attractive features of supersymmetric models is their
prediction of an (at least approximately) stable dark matter
candidate. The WMAP and Planck satellites impose stringent
constraints on the dark matter relic density and thus on the
viable supersymmetric parameter space. At the same time,
observations of a positron excess from the galactic center and
of an annual modulation of single-hit scintillation events from
Pamela, ATIC, Fermi and Dama-Libra have triggered speculations
about indirect and direct evidence for dark matter. In this talk,
we focus on recent advances in precision predictions for dark
matter annihilation processes in minimal supersymmetric models
and discuss the implications of their non-minimal extensions for
present and future dark matter signals.