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After the release of the PAMELA data showing a rise in the positron fraction at energies above \(10\mathrm{GeV}\), interest rose around the measurement of the antiproton fraction \(\bar{p}/p\). Indeed, DM annihilation could lead to a similar signal in antiprotons, where the degeneracy with a pulsar explanation is not present, since antiprotons are too heavy to be produced by pulsars’ magnetic fields.
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Morgante, E. (2017). Focus on AMS-02 Anti-protons Results. In: Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67606-7_4
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