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If dark matter decays into electrons and positrons, it can affect Galactic radio emissions and the local cosmic ray fluxes. We propose a new, more general analysis of constraints on dark matter. The constraints can be obtained for any…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-09-28 Le Zhang , Javier Redondo , Guenter Sigl

We calculate intensity and angular power spectrum of the cosmological background of synchrotron emission from cold dark matter annihilations into electron positron pairs. We compare this background with intensity and anisotropy of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-13 Le Zhang , Guenter Sigl

We perform a detailed analysis of the synchrotron signals produced by Dark Matter annihilations and decays. We consider different set-ups for the propagation of electrons and positrons, the galactic magnetic field and Dark Matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-29 Marco Cirelli , Marco Taoso

We provide a detailed formulation for calculating the angular power spectrum of the cosmic background photons arising from the dark matter decay or annihilation in a comprehensive manner. We pay particular attention to the case of dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-04 Ryosuke Kasuya , Kazunori Nakayama

A number of groups have employed radio observations of the Galactic center to derive stringent constraints on the annihilation cross section of weakly interacting dark matter. In this paper, we show that electron energy losses in this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-09 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

We update our earlier calculations of gamma ray and radio observational constraints on annihilations of dark matter particles lighter than 10 GeV. We predict the synchrotron spectrum as well as the morphology of the radio emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-10-01 Celine Boehm , Joseph Silk , Torsten Ensslin

Precise measurements of the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background can be used to constrain the annihilation and decay of dark matter. In this work, we demonstrate via principal component analysis that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Tracy R. Slatyer , Chih-Liang Wu

Annihilation of Dark Matter usually produces together with gamma rays comparable amounts of electrons and positrons. The e+e- gyrating in the galactic magnetic field then produce secondary synchrotron radiation which thus provides an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-19 Enrico Borriello , Alessandro Cuoco , Gennaro Miele

Observations of the extragalactic radio background have uncovered a significant isotropic emission across multiple frequencies spanning from 22 MHz to 10 GHz. The intensity of this non-thermal emission component significantly exceeds the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-05 Ke Fang , Tim Linden

Annihilation of dark matter can result in the production of stable Standard Model particles including electrons and positrons that, in the presence of magnetic fields, lose energy via synchrotron radiation, observable as radio emission.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Emma Storm , Tesla E. Jeltema , Stefano Profumo , Lawrence Rudnick

We present a detailed analysis of the radio synchrotron emission induced by WIMP dark matter annihilations and decays in extragalactic halos. We compute intensity, angular correlation, and source counts and discuss the impact on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-27 N. Fornengo , R. Lineros , M. Regis , M. Taoso

High energy electrons and positrons from decaying dark matter can produce a significant flux of gamma rays by inverse Compton off low energy photons in the interstellar radiation field. This possibility is inevitably related with the dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Le Zhang , Christoph Weniger , Luca Maccione , Javier Redondo , Guenter Sigl

In most of particle dark matter (DM) models, the DM candidate injects sizable fluxes of high-energy electrons and positrons through its annihilations or decays. Emitted in regions with magnetic field, they in turn give raise to a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-12-09 Marco Regis

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

Dark matter annihilation in Galactic substructure produces diffuse gamma-ray emission of remarkably constant intensity across the sky, and in general this signal dominates over the smooth halo signal at angles greater than a few tens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-02 Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins

Radio data can give stringent constraints for annihilating dark matter. In general, radio observations can detect very accurate radio flux density with high resolution and different frequencies for nearby galaxies. We are able to obtain the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-30 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee , Lang Cui , Ning Chang , Chun Sing Leung

The annihilation of dark matter particles is expected to yield a broad radiation spectrum via the production of Standard Model particles in astrophysical environments. In particular, electrons and positrons from dark matter annihilation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-14 Emma Storm , Tesla E. Jeltema , Megan Splettstoesser , Stefano Profumo

Antimatter cosmic-rays are used to probe new phenomena in physics, including dark matter annihilation. We use the cosmic-ray positron fraction spectrum by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, to search for such an annihilation signal in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-18 Iason Krommydas , Ilias Cholis

The cosmic microwave background provides constraints on the annihilation and decay of light dark matter at redshifts between 100 and 1000, the strength of which depends upon the fraction of energy ending up in the form of electrons and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-29 James M. Cline , Pat Scott

High-energy photons from dark matter annihilation contribute to the cosmic gamma-ray background (CGB). Since dark matter particles are weakly interacting, annihilation can happen only in high density regions such as dark matter halos. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shin'ichiro Ando , Eiichiro Komatsu
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