Mini Workshop on neutrino indirect detection of Dark Matter

This workshop is organised by the Dark Matter working groups of the ANTARES and IceCube collaboration to discuss issues of common interest in the dark matter search efforts. The workshop will also benefit from the presence of various experts : - Yann Mambrini (Orsay), phenomenologist in Susy and other BSM models - Emmanuel Nezri (LAM-Marseille), phenomenologist in halo model and neutrino/gamma indirect detection - Julien Lavalle (Montpellier), phenomenologist in CR indirect detection - Steve Muanza (CPPM), specialized in SUSY searches in ATLAS. A preliminary list of topics to discuss include: Backgrounds: - what MCs we use - Atmospheric mu's: settings (E-range, angular range, atmosphere, seasonal variations, primary spectrum composition), uncertainties - Atmospheric nu's: settings (E-range, angular range, spectrum), uncertainites Signal: - What MCs we use - Models to test: (x)MSSM, mUED, non-MSS models, Inert Higgs model... - parametr scans: format and variables to save. Common scans? Going beyond grid scans Cosmological inputs: - Omega, rho_local, v_local: which best values and uncertainties - benchmark halo model (which one?) detector/analysis related: - Energy threshold to quote results - reconstruction issues: Low-E reconstruction, cascade reconstruction .Do we have everything in place to expand searches to other flavors than muons? .How low in energy we can go? (Neutrino Telescopes are very efficient in constraining high mass WIMPS, but current models favour low masses) - Search/analysis techniques - From raw data to final results: how do we set limits. limits on neutrino flux, muon flux and cross sections - Systematic uncertainties: how to include them General: - Comparisons with direct, other indirect and LHC results. What do we need? How to present our results so they are useful to them (and we appear in their plots?) - How present results in the most model-independent way ? Hoping to see you in Marseille Carlos de los Heros Vincent Bertin