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We consider the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP), neutralino in minimal anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking model (mAMSB) to be a possible candidate for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) or cold dark matter and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-06-28 Kamakshya Prasad Modak , Debasish Majumdar

We study the indirect detection of neutralino dark matter using positrons and gamma rays from its annihilation in the galactic halo. Considering the HESS data as the spectrum constituting the gamma--ray background, we compare the prospects…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Y. Mambrini , C. Munoz , E. Nezri

The detection of non-baryonic dark matter through its gamma-ray annihilation in the centre of our galaxy has been studied. The gamma fluxes according to different models have been simulated and compared to those expected to be observed with…

We calculate the expected flux of gamma-ray and radio emission from the LMC due to neutralino annihilation. Using rotation curve data to probe the density profile and assuming a minimum disk, we describe the dark matter halo of the LMC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Argyro Tasitsiomi , Jennifer Gaskins , Angela V. Olinto

We study the possibilities for the indirect detection of dark matter in Split Supersymmetry from gamma-rays, positrons, and antiprotons. The most promising signal is the gamma-ray line, which may be observable at the next generation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Asimina Arvanitaki , Peter W. Graham

Possible indirect detection of neutralino, through its gamma-ray annihilation product, by the forthcoming GLAST satellite from our galactic halo, M31, M87 and the dwarf galaxies Draco and Sagittarius is studied. Gamma-ray fluxes are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sebastien Peirani , Roya Mohayaee , Jose A. de Freitas Pacheco

We estimate the probability of detecting gamma-rays from the annihilation of neutralino dark matter in dense, central regions of Milky Way substructure. We characterize Galactic substructure statistically based on Monte Carlo realizations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Savvas M. Koushiappas , Andrew R. Zentner , Terrence P. Walker

We present quantitative predictions for the detectability of individual Galactic dark matter subhalos in gamma-rays from dark matter pair annihilations in their centers. Our method is based on a hybrid approach, employing the highest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael Kuhlen , Jürg Diemand , Piero Madau

We analyze the indirect detection of neutralino dark matter in supergravity scenarios with non-universal soft scalar and gaugino masses. In particular, the gamma-ray flux arising from the galactic center due to neutralino annihilation is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-23 Y. Mambrini , C. Munoz

According to high resolution cold dark matter (CDM) simulations, large virialized halos are formed through the constant merging of smaller halos formed at earlier times. In particular, the halo of our Galaxy may have hundreds of dark matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Aloisio , P. Blasi , A. V. Olinto

Recently, dark matter indirect searches have gained a lot of attention, mostly due to the possibility of recent anomalies in cosmic rays and microwave sky maps being due to the annihilation or decay of dark matter. In this thesis, we argue…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-21 Philipp Mertsch

The paradigm of the neutralino dark matter predicts that the first gravitationally bound objects are earth-mass sized microhaloes, which would emit annihilation gamma-rays. Here we show that, though the flux from individual nearest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Takeshi Oda , Tomonori Totani , Masahiro Nagashima

We consider a model for neutralino dark matter candidates arising in anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking schemes, and examine its testability through the search for exotic cosmic rays produced by neutralino pair annihilations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-03 Piero Ullio

We investigate if the gamma ray halo, for which recent evidence has been found in EGRET data, can be explained by neutralino annihilations in a clumpy halo. We find that the measured excess gamma ray flux can be explained through a moderate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 L. Bergstrom , J. Edsjo , P. Ullio

In the indirect detection of dark matter through its annihilation products, the signals depend on the square of the dark matter density, making precise knowledge of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe critical for robust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hasan Yuksel , Shunsaku Horiuchi , John F. Beacom , Shin'ichiro Ando

We make a detailed analysis of the indirect diffuse gamma-ray signals from dark matter annihilation in the Galaxy. We include the prompt emission, as well as the emission from inverse Compton scattering whenever the annihilation products…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-14 Steve Blanchet , Julien Lavalle

Photons produced in the annihilations of dark matter particles can be detected by gamma-ray telescopes; this technique of indirect detection serves as a cornerstone of the upcoming assault on the dark matter paradigm. The main obstacle to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 Eric J. Baxter , Scott Dodelson

Analytical calculations and recent numerical experiments have shown that a sizable of the mass in our Galaxy is in a form of clumpy, virialized substructures that, according to \cite{dms:05}, can be as light as $10^{-6} \msun$. In this work…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Lidia Pieri , Enzo Branchini , Stefan Hofmann

It is widely thought that neutralinos, the lightest supersymmetric particles, could comprise most of the dark matter. If so, then dark halos will emit radio and gamma ray signals initiated by neutralino annihilation. A particularly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Craig Tyler

We study the annihilating dark matter contribution to the extra-galactic diffuse gamma-ray background spectrum, motivated by the recent observations of cosmic-ray positron/electron anomalies. The observed diffuse gamma-ray flux provides…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kazunori Kohri , Kazunori Nakayama
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