EPJ Web of Conferences 280, 07001 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328007001

Pierre Auger Observatory and Super Heavy Dark Matter

¹ Gran Sasso Science Institute, viale F. Crispi 7, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
² INFN - Laboratori Nazionali Gran Sasso, via G. Acitelli 22, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
³ Observatorio Pierre Auger, Av. San Martín Norte 304, 5613 Malargüe, Argentina

^* roberto.aloisio@gssi.it
^** spokespersons@auger.org. A complete list of authors can be found at https://www.auger.org/archive/authors_2022_09.html

Published online: 20 March 2023

Abstract

We briefly discuss the connection of the Pierre Auger Observatory data with a large class of dark matter models based on the early universe generation of super heavy particles, their role in the solution of the dark matter problem, highlighting the remarkable constraining capabilities of the Auger observations.