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It has been long discussed that cosmic rays may contain signals of dark matter. In the last couple of years an anomaly of cosmic-ray positrons has drawn a lot of attentions, and recently an excess in cosmic-ray anti-proton has been reported…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-29 Shin'ichiro Ando , Koji Ishiwata

Gamma-ray is a good probe of dark matter (DM) particles in the Universe. We search for the DM annihilation signals in the direction of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using 7.5 year Fermi-LAT pass 8 data. Similar to Pshirkov et al. (2016), we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Zhengwei Li , Xiaoyuan Huang , Qiang Yuan , Yupeng Xu

We extract the positron and electron fluxes in the energy range 10 - 100 GeV by combining the recent data from PAMELA and Fermi LAT. The {\it absolute positron and electron} fluxes thus obtained are found to obey the power laws: $E^{-2.65}$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-19 C. Balázs , N. Sahu , A. Mazumdar

The diffuse gamma ray emission from astrophysical backgrounds in our Galaxy and the signal due to the annihilation or decay of Dark Matter (DM) in the Galactic Halo are expected to have a substantially different morphology and spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Gabrijela Zaharijas , Alessandro Cuoco , Zhaoyu Yang , Jan Conrad

If dark matter decays or annihilates into electrons and positrons, it can affect radiation and cosmic-ray backgrounds. We review a novel, more general analysis of constraints on decaying dark matter models, by introducing the response…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 Le Zhang

The decay of dark matter particles which are coupled predominantly to charged leptons has been proposed as a possible origin of excess high-energy positrons and electrons observed by cosmic-ray telescopes PAMELA and Fermi LAT. Even though…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-17 Mathias Garny , Alejandro Ibarra , David Tran , Christoph Weniger

Cosmic-ray antiprotons represent an important channel for dark matter indirect-detection studies. Current measurements of the antiproton flux at the top of the atmosphere and theoretical determinations of the secondary antiproton production…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-02 N. Fornengo , L. Maccione , A. Vittino

In the past decade, gamma-ray observations and radio observations put strong constraints on the parameters of dark matter annihilation. In this article, we suggest another robust way to constrain the parameters of dark matter annihilation.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Man Ho Chan

The overabundance of high-energy cosmic positrons, observed by PAMELA and AMS-02, can be considered as the consequence of dark matter decays or annihilations. We show that recent FERMI/LAT measurements of the isotropic diffuse gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-11 Maxim Laletin

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

We analyze the impact of Fermi gamma-ray observations (primarily non-detections) of selected nearby galaxies, including dwarf spheroidals, and of clusters of galaxies on decaying dark matter models. We show that the fact that galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Leanna Dugger , Tesla E. Jeltema , Stefano Profumo

An excess of gamma rays at GeV energies has been detected in the Fermi-LAT data. This signal comes from a narrow region around the Galactic Center and has been interpreted as possible evidence for light (30 GeV) dark matter particles.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-30 Thomas Lacroix

Galaxy clusters are promising targets for indirect dark matter searches. Gamma-ray signatures from the decay or annihilation of dark matter particles inside these clusters could be observable with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Based…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Xiaoyuan Huang , Gilles Vertongen , Christoph Weniger

Observations of diffuse Galactic gamma ray emission (DGE) by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) allow a detailed study of cosmic rays and the interstellar medium. However, diffuse emission models of the inner Galaxy underpredict the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-03 Lin F. Yang , Joseph Silk , Alexander S. Szalay , Rosemary F. G. Wyse , Brandon Bozek , Piero Madau

Here we briefly review possible indirect effects of dark matter (DM) of the Universe. It includes effects in cosmic rays (CR): first of all, the positron excess at $\sim$ 500 GeV and possible electron-positron excess at 1-1.5 TeV. We tell…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-12 K. M. Belotsky , E. A. Esipova , A. Kh. Kamaletdinov , E. S. Shlepkina , M. L. Solovyov

It has been proposed that during the formation of the first generation stars there might be a "dark star" phase in which the power of the star comes from dark matter annihilation. The adiabatic contraction process to form the dark star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-20 Qiang Yuan , Bin Yue , Bing Zhang , Xuelei Chen

Measurements of the cosmic ray antiproton spectrum can be used to search for contributions from annihilating dark matter and to constrain the dark matter annihilation cross section. Depending on the assumptions made regarding cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden , Philipp Mertsch

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic $\gamma$-rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. $\gamma$-ray line limits from 30 GeV to 200 GeV obtained from 11 months of Fermi Large Area Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-15 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , W. B. Atwood , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , A. Bouvier , J. Bregeon , A. Brez , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , T. H. Burnett , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , S. Carrigan , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , O. C. Elik , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , C. D. Dermer , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , S. W. Digel , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , Y. Edmonds , R. Essig , C. Farnier , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , W. B. Focke , P. Fortin , M. Frailis , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , L. Guillemot , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , A. K. Harding , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , M. S. Jackson , G. J . ohannesson , A. S. Johnson , R. P. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , N. Kawai , M. Kerr , J. Kno . dlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , A. Makeev , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , C. Meurer , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , P. L. Nolan , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , M. Ozaki , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , D. Parent , V. Pelassa , M. Pepe , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , S. Rainó , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , J. Ripken , S. Ritz , A. Y. Rodriguez , M. Roth , H. F. -W. Sadrozinski , A. Sander , P. M. Saz Parkinson , J. D. Scargle , T. L. Schalk , A. Sellerholm , C. Sgró , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , P. D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , J. -L. Starck , M. S. Strickman , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , D. F. Torres , Y. Uchiyama , T. L. Usher , V. Vasileiou , N. Vilchez , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , P. Wang , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , T. Ylinen , M. Ziegler

Galaxy clusters are promising targets for indirect detection of dark matter thanks to the large dark matter content. Using 14 years of Fermi-LAT data from seven nearby galaxy clusters, we obtain constraints on the lifetime of decaying very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-17 Deheng Song , Kohta Murase , Ali Kheirandish

Both the robust INTEGRAL 511 keV gamma-ray line and the recent tentative hint of the 135 GeV gamma-ray line from Fermi-LAT have similar signal morphologies, and may be produced from the same dark matter annihilation. Motivated by this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 Yang Bai , Meng Su , Yue Zhao