We discuss the prospects for indirect detection of dark matter (DM) with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a future ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will be sensitive to gamma rays in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to 100 TeV. We consider the detectability of DM annihilation in different astrophysical targets with a focus on the Galactic Center (GC) region. With a deep observation of the GC, CTA will be sensitive to DM particles with mass greater than 100 GeV and an annihilation cross section close to the thermal relic value.
@article{arxiv.1305.0302,
title = {Prospects for Indirect Detection of Dark Matter with CTA},
author = {Matthew Wood and Jim Buckley and Seth Digel and Stefan Funk and Daniel Nieto and Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0302},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
White paper contribution for Snowmass 2013 in the Cosmic Frontier Working Group "CF2: WIMP Dark Matter Indirect Detection"