Rebecca K. Leane

The overarching goal of my research is discover the fundamental nature of dark matter. My approach towards achieving this goal is (i) identifying new ways that astrophysical systems can be exploited to expose new particle interactions, as well as (ii) using the intersection of theory and astrophysical data to discover or exclude new particle physics properties.

Astrophysical systems are highly advantageous search targets, as there is an enormous number of diverse systems that can and soon will be measured in many wavelengths. After all, the Universe has been running experiments *for us* over very long timescales (collecting dark matter, exploding and colliding systems); the outcomes already exist and are waiting to be uncovered. Celestial bodies are a playground for discovering new particle interactions!

You can find me on inSPIRE, arXiv, and Google Scholar.

Publications (asterisk indicates alphabetically ordered author list) Journal Articles
39.	Milky Way White Dwarfs as Sub-GeV to Multi-TeV Dark Matter Detectors, J. Acevedo, R. K. Leane*, L. Santos-Olmsted [arXiv: 2309.10843 [hep-ph]].
38.	Dark Matter Capture in Celestial Objects: Treatment Across Kinematic and Interaction Regimes, R. K. Leane, J. Smirnov [arXiv: 2309.00669 [hep-ph]]. Corresponding Code Package Available Here*
37.	Evaporation Barrier for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies, J. Acevedo, R. K. Leane, J. Smirnov [arXiv: 2303.01516 [hep-ph]]. Javier's Summary on Twitter*
36.	Dark Matter Induced Power in Quantum Devices, A. Das, N. Kurinksy, R. K. Leane, [arXiv: 2210.09313 [hep-ph]]. Summary on Twitter*
35.	Floating Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies, R. K. Leane* and J. Smirnov, [arXiv: 2209.09834 [hep-ph]]. Summary on Twitter New Scientist Article
34.	Tidal Love Number of Novel and Admixed Celestial Objects, M. Collier, D. Croon, R. K. Leane*, Phys. Rev. D 106, 123027 (2022), [arXiv: 2205.15337 [gr-qc]].
33.	First Analysis of Jupiter in Gamma Rays and a New Search for Dark Matter, R. K. Leane* and T. Linden, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 071001 (2023), [arXiv: 2104.02068 [astro-ph.HE]]. Universe Today Article Summary on Twitter
32.	Celestial-Body Focused Dark Matter Annihilation Throughout the Galaxy, R. K. Leane, T. Linden, P. Mukhopadhyay, N. Toro, Phys. Rev. D 103, 075030 (2021), [arXiv: 2101.12213 [astro-ph.HE]]. Summary on Twitter*
31.	Exoplanets as Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors, R. K. Leane* and J. Smirnov Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 161101 (2021), [arXiv: 2010.00015 [hep-ph]]. Selected as PRL Editor's Suggestion Science Magazine Article SLAC News Article Wired Magazine Article Quanta Magazine Article Summary on Twitter
30.	Supernova Muons: New Constraints on Z' Bosons, Axions, and ALPs, D. Croon, G. Elor, R. K. Leane, S. McDermott JHEP 01 (2021) 107, [arXiv: 2006.13942 [hep-ph]]. Summary on Twitter*
29.	Spurious Point Source Signals in the Galactic Center Excess, R. K. Leane and T. R. Slatyer Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 121105 (2020), [arXiv: 2002.12370 [astro-ph.HE]]. Summary on Twitter
28.	The Enigmatic Galactic Center Excess: Spurious Point Sources and Signal Mismodeling, R. K. Leane and T. R. Slatyer Phys. Rev. D 102, 063019 (2020), [arXiv: 2002.12371 [astro-ph.HE]]. Summary on Twitter
27.	A Systematic Study of Hidden Sector Dark Matter: Application to the Gamma-Ray and Antiproton Excesses, D. Hooper, R. K. Leane*, Y. Tsai, S. Wegsman, S. J. Witte JHEP 07 (2020) 163, [arXiv: 1912.08821 [hep-ph]].
26.	Warming Nuclear Pasta with Dark Matter: Kinetic and Annihilation Heating of Neutron Star Crusts, J. Acevedo, J. Bramante, R. K. Leane, N. Raj JCAP 03 (2020) 038, [arXiv: 1911.06334 [hep-ph]]. Summary on Twitter*
25.	Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center, R. K. Leane and T. R. Slatyer Phys. Rev. Lett. 123 (2019), 241101, [arXiv: 1904.08430 [astro-ph.HE]]. Selected as PRL Editor's Suggestion Quanta Magazine Article The Boston Globe Newspaper Article MIT News Article Kavli Foundation Article Summary on Twitter
24.	Constraints on Spin-Dependent Dark Matter Scattering with Long-Lived Mediators from TeV Observations of the Sun with HAWC, HAWC Collaboration and J. F. Beacom, R. K. Leane*, T. Linden, K. C.Y. Ng, A. Peter, B. Zhou, Phys. Rev. D 98 (2018), 123012 [arXiv: 1808.05624 [hep-ph]].
23.	First HAWC Observations of the Sun Constrain Steady TeV Gamma-Ray Emission, HAWC Collaboration and J. F. Beacom, R. K. Leane*, T. Linden, K. C.Y. Ng, A. Peter, B. Zhou, Phys. Rev. D 98 (2018), 123011 [arXiv: 1808.05620 [astro-ph.HE]].
22.	GeV-Scale Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead, R. K. Leane, T. R. Slatyer, J. F. Beacom, K. C.Y. Ng, Phys.Rev. D98 (2018) no.2, 023016 [arXiv: 1805.10305 [hep-ph]].
21.	Enhancing Dark Matter Annihilation Rates with Dark Bremsstrahlung, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, J. B. Dent, R. K. Leane*, T. J. Weiler Phys. Rev. D96 (2017) no. 2, 023011 [arXiv: 1705.01105 [hep-ph]].
20.	Powerful Solar Signatures of Long-Lived Dark Mediators, R. K. Leane, K. C.Y. Ng, J. F. Beacom Phys. Rev. D95 (2017) no. 12, 123016 [arXiv: 1703.04629 [astro-ph.HE]].
19.	Impact of Mass Generation for Simplified Dark Matter Models, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, R. K. Leane* JCAP 01 (2017) 039 [arXiv: 1610.03063 [hep-ph]].
18.	Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, R. K. Leane* JCAP 08 (2016) 001 [arXiv: 1605.09382 [hep-ph]].
17.	Mono-W Dark Matter Signals at the LHC: Simplified Model Analysis, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, R. K. Leane* JCAP 01 (2016) 051 [arXiv: 1512.00476 [hep-ph]].
16.	Dark matter at the LHC: Effective field theories and gauge invariance, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, J. B. Dent, R. K. Leane*, T. J. Weiler Phys. Rev. D92, no. 5, 053008 (2015) [arXiv:1503.07874 [hep-ph]].
15.	Leptophilic dark matter with Z' interactions, N. F. Bell, Y. Cai, R. K. Leane*, A. D. Medina Phys. Rev. D 90, no. 3, 035027 (2014) [arXiv:1407.3001 [hep-ph]].
Invited Viewpoint Articles
14.	New Approaches to Dark Matter Detection, Y. Hochberg, Y. Kahn, R. K. Leane*, S. Rajendran, K. Van Tilburg, T-T. Yu, K. Zurek Nature Reviews Physics (2022).
Review Articles
13.	Indirect Detection of Dark Matter in the Galaxy, R. K. Leane MIT-CTP/5199 [arXiv: 2006.00513 [hep-ph]].
White Papers and Working Group Reports
12.	Snowmass Theory Frontier: Astrophysics and Cosmology, D, Green, J. Ruderman, B. Safdi, J. Shelton et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2209.06854 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Report based in part on my Theory Frontier contributions.)
11.	Report of the Topical Group on Cosmic Probes of Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021 , A. Drlica-Wagner, C. Prescod-Weinstein, H.-B. Yu et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2209.08215 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Report based in part on my Cosmic Frontier contributions.)
10.	Report of the Topical Group on Particle Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021, J. Cooley, T. Lin, H. Lippincott, T. Slatyer, T. Yu et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2209.07426 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Report based in part on my Cosmic Frontier contributions.)
9.	Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Puzzling excesses in dark matter searches and how to resolve them, R. K. Leane, S. Shin, L. Yang, et al, (2022) [arXiv:2203.06859 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Paper coordinator/editor, and leader of the Galactic Center Excess section.)
8.	Axion Dark Matter, L. Winslow, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.14923 [hep-ex]]. (Role: Contributor to “Synergies with astrophysical searches” section.)
7.	Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Synergies between dark matter searches and multiwavelength/multimessenger astrophysics, P. Harding, S. Horiuchi, D. Walker, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.06781 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Contributor to “Searches with Celestial Bodies” section.)
6.	Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Ultra-heavy particle dark matter, D. Carney, N. Raj, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.06508 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Contributor to “Indirect Detection” section.)
5.	Dark Matter In Extreme Astrophysical Environments, M Baryakhtar, R. Caputo, D. Croon, K. Perez, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.07984 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Contributor to “Light Dark Matter” section.)
4.	Astrophysical and Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter, K. Boddy, M. Lisanti, S. McDermott, N. Rodd, C, Weniger, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.06380 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Contributor to “X-ray and γ-ray Dark Matter Signatures” section.)
3.	Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of cosmic-ray and high-energy photon probes of particle dark matter, T Aramaki, P. von Doetinchem, S. Profumo, et al (incl R. K. Leane), (2022) [arXiv:2203.06894 [hep-ex]]. (Role: Contributor to “Photon Probes” section.)
2.	The Sun at GeV-TeV Energies: A New Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, M. Un Nisa, J. F. Beacom, S. Y. BenZvi, R. K. Leane, T. Linden, K. C.Y. Ng, A. H.G. Peter, B. Zhou Astro2020 Science White Paper [arXiv:1903.06349 [astro-ph.HE]]. (Role: Contributor to paper text, content based in part on my solar dark matter search papers.) Quanta Magazine Article
1.	Les Houches 2011: Physics at TeV Colliders New Physics Working Group Report, G. Brooijmans et al, (2012) [arXiv:1203.1488 [hep-ph]]. (Role: Contribution 1, “DLHA: Dark Matter Les Houches Agreement”, is heavily based on my bachelor thesis.)
Theses
	Phenomenology of Particle Dark Matter, R. K. Leane, Ph.D. Thesis, School of Physics, University of Melbourne (2017).

Rebecca K. Leane

New Physics Searches with the Sun

Detecting Dark Matter in Exoplanets

Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess

Dark Interactions in Neutron Stars