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One of the most prominent features of the $\gamma$-ray sky is the emission from our own Galaxy. The Galactic plane has been observed by Fermi-LAT in GeV and H.E.S.S. in TeV light. Fermi has modeled the Galactic emission as the sum of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-09 Ellis Owen , Christoph Deil , Axel Donath , Régis Terrier

The Galactic center $\gamma$-ray excess, detected by the Fermi-LAT, is a very attractive tentative signal from dark matter annihilation. Searching for associated synchrotron emissions can test the dark matter interpretation for this excess.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-18 Wen-Qing Guo , Yichao Li , Xiaoyuan Huang , Yin-Zhe Ma , Geoff Beck , Yogesh Chandola , Feng Huang

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

There is evidence for a spectral line at $E_\gamma\approx 130$ GeV in the Fermi-LAT data that can be explained as dark mater particles annihilating into photons. We review a well known dark matter model that consists in a singlet Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-13 T. H. Franarin , C. A. Z. Vasconcellos , D. Hadjimichef

There is evidence for an excess of gamma rays with $O({\rm GeV})$ energy coming from the Galactic Center in data from the Fermi Telescope. The spectrum of the excess is well fit by 30 GeV dark matter annihilating into a pair of $b$ quarks…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 Seyda Ipek

Nearby clusters and groups of galaxies are potentially bright sources of high-energy gamma-ray emission resulting from the pair-annihilation of dark matter particles. However, no significant gamma-ray emission has been detected so far from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-25 LAT Collaboration

We report our identification of three gigaelectronvolt $\gamma$-ray sources, 4FGL J0502.6+0036, 4FGL J1055.9+6507, and 4FGL J1708.2+5519, as Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). They are listed in the latest Fermi-LAT source catalog as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-21 Shunhao Ji , Zhongxiang Wang , Qiangmeng Huang , Ruoheng Yang

We study the gamma rays observed by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope from the direction of the Galactic Center and find that their angular distribution and energy spectrum are well described by a dark matter annihilation scenario. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Lisa Goodenough , Dan Hooper

Using 3.7 years of \Fermi-LAT data, we examine the diffuse 80-200 GeV emission in the inner Galaxy and find a resolved gamma-ray feature at $\sim 110-140$ GeV. We model the spatial distribution of this emission with a $\sim3\degree$ FWHM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-06-15 Meng Su , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

In this work, we have considered a gauged $U(1)_{\rm B-L}$ extension of the Standard Model (SM) with three right handed neutrinos for anomaly cancellation and two additional SM singlet complex scalars with non-trivial B-L charges. One of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-23 Anirban Biswas , Sandhya Choubey , Sarif Khan

Very recently, it was pointed out that there exists a population of gamma-ray sources without associations at other wavelengths which exhibit spectral features consistent with mono-energetic lines at energies of approximately 111 and 129…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-30 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The Galactic Center Excess (GCE) remains one of the defining mysteries uncovered by the Fermi $\gamma$-ray Space Telescope. Although it may yet herald the discovery of annihilating dark matter, weighing against that conclusion are analyses…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-25 Florian List , Yujin Park , Nicholas L. Rodd , Eve Schoen , Florian Wolf

The Fermi-LAT data revealed giant bubbles of emission above and below the Galactic plane with an energy spectrum significantly harder than seen from other directions. How the bubbles connect to the Galactic plane is unclear. We find that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-18 Wim de Boer , Iris Gebauer , Simon Kunz , Alexander Neumann

We have performed an analysis of the diffuse gamma-ray emission with the Fermi Large Area Telescope in the Milky Way Halo region searching for a signal from dark matter annihilation or decay. In the absence of a robust dark matter signal,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-15 LAT collaboration , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , W. B. Atwood , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , L. Falletti , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , W. B. Focke , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , M. S. Jackson , T. Jogler , G. Jóhannesson , A. S. Johnson , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , A. M. Lionetto , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , J. Mehault , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , M. Naumann-Godo , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , M. Pesce-Rollins , M. Pierbattista , F. Piron , G. Pivato , H. Poon , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , C. Romoli , C. Sbarra , J. D. Scargle , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , Łukasz Stawarz , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , G. Tosti , E. Troja , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , E. Wallace , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , Z. Yang , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer

Gamma-ray-bright active galactic nuclei (AGN) have been one of the most promising source classes of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos detected by IceCube. The first evidence of an IceCube point source was a blazar detected by the Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-10 Sam Hori , Abhishek Desai , Justin Vandenbroucke

Recently, a spatially extended excess of gamma rays collected by the Fermi-LAT from the inner region of the Milky Way has been detected by different groups and with increasingly sophisticated techniques. Yet, any final conclusion about the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-11 Francesca Calore , Ilias Cholis , Christoph Weniger

The spectrum and morphology of gamma-rays from the Galactic Center and the spectrum of synchrotron emission observed from the Milky Way's radio filaments have each been interpreted as possible signals of $\sim$7-10 GeV dark matter particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-30 Dan Hooper , Wei Xue

Dark matter particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma-ray lines and contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray background. Flux upper limits are presented for gamma-ray spectral lines from 7 to 200 GeV and for the diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 LAT Collaboration , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , M. Brigida , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , F. D'Ammando , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , Y. Edmonds , R. Essig , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , A. M. Lionetto , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , M. Naumann-Godo , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , A. Okumura , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , D. Prokhorov , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , O. Reimer , M. Roth , C. Sbarra , J. D. Scargle , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , A. Snyder , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , Z. Yang , S. Zimmer

We report on preliminary results from the Fermi High-Latitude Extended Sources Catalog (FHES), a comprehensive search for spatially extended gamma-ray sources at high Galactic latitudes ($|b|>5^\circ$) based on data from the Fermi Large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matthew Wood , Jonathan Biteau , Regina Caputo , Mattia Di Mauro , Manuel Meyer

Cold dark matter models predict the existence of a large number of substructures within dark matter halos. If the cold dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles, their annihilation within these substructures could lead to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-10 Jiaxin Han , Carlos S. Frenk , Vincent R. Eke , Liang Gao , Simon D. M. White , Alexey Boyarsky , Denys Malyshev , Oleg Ruchayskiy