Dark Matter Complementarity in the pMSSM and the ILC

Abstract

The search for and potential identification of dark matter (DM) will require a simultaneous, multi-pronged approach with important roles to be played by the LHC, both direct and indirect DM detection experiments and, eventually, the ILC. The 19-parameter p(henomenological)MSSM can provide a broad framework for complementarity studies of neutralino DM. In this talk, I summarized the sensitivity of these searches at the 7, 8 and 14 TeV LHC, combined with those from \Fermi, CTA, IceCube/DeepCore, COUPP, LZ and XENON. The strengths and weaknesses of each of these searches is briefly discussed as is their interdependent roles in probing the pMSSM model parameter space. I also comment on the future role of the ILC in exploring the detailed nature of neutralino DM.

16 pages, 8 figs. Talk presented at the International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders(LCWS13), Tokyo, Japan, 11-15 November 2013