Astroparticle physics 

 
We are involved in the development of theoretical and statistical tools for the burgeoning field of astroparticle physics, one of whose aims is to provide information on the nature and properties of the dark matter particle in ways that are complementary to what can be gleaned from colliders.

For example, we are involved in predicting the signatures of dark matter in a variety of astrophysical channels, including gamma-ray emission from the centre of the Milky Way and from nearby dwarf galaxies, neutrino emissions from the centre of the Sun and of the Earth, positron signals from local dark matter clumps and recoil signals from direct detection experiments in deep underground laboratories. We have developed a new tool for the statistical analysis of supersymmetry phenomenology, called SuperBayeS.

Imperial astrophysicists are thus at the cutting edge of a worldwide effort to usher in the era of dark matter astronomy.