The Quest for Supersymmetry: Early LHC Results versus Direct and
  Indirect Neutralino Dark Matter Searches
  We compare the first results on searches for supersymmetry with the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) to the current and near-term performance of experiments
sensitive to neutralino dark matter. We limit our study to the particular
slices of parameter space of the constrained minimal supersymmetric extension
to the Standard Model where CMS and ATLAS exclusion limits have been presented
so far. We show where, on that parameter space, the lightest neutralino
possesses a thermal relic abundance matching the value inferred by cosmological
observations. We then calculate rates for, and estimate the performance of,
experiments sensitive to direct and indirect signals from neutralino dark
matter. We argue that this is a unique point in time, where the quest for
supersymmetry -- at least in one of its practical and simple incarnations -- is
undergoing a close scrutiny from the LHC and from dark matter searches that is
both synergistic and complementary. Should the time of discovery finally
unravel, the current performances of the collider program and of direct and
indirect dark matter searches are at a conjuncture offering unique
opportunities for a breakthrough on the nature of physics beyond the Standard
Model.
