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Dark matter annihilations in the Galactic halo inject relativistic electrons and positrons which in turn generate a synchrotron radiation when interacting with the galactic magnetic field. We calculate the synchrotron flux for various dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-01-11 N. Fornengo , R. A. Lineros , M. Regis , M. Taoso

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

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

An interesting strategy for indirect detection of Dark Matter comes through the amounts of electrons and positrons usually emitted by DM pair annihilation. The e+e- gyrating in the galactic magnetic field then produce secondary synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-08 Enrico Borriello , Alessandro Cuoco , Gennaro Miele

Dwarf galaxies are dark matter-dominated and therefore promising targets for the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are well-known candidates for dark matter. Annihilation of WIMPs produce ultra-relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-19 Martin Vollmann , Volker Heesen , Timothy Shimwell , Martin J. Hardcastle , Marcus Brüggen , Günter Sigl , Huub Röttgering

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

In this work we confront dark matter models to constraints that may be derived from radio synchrotron radiation from the Galaxy, taking into account the astrophysical uncertainties and we compare these to bounds set by accelerator and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-05 Yann Mambrini , Michel H. G. Tytgat , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Bryan Zaldivar

The Large Magellanic Cloud, at only 50 kpc away from us and known to be dark matter dominated, is clearly an interesting place where to search for dark matter annihilation signals. In this paper, we estimate the synchrotron emission due to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-16 Beatriz B. Siffert , Angelo Limone , Enrico Borriello , Giuseppe Longo , Gennaro Miele

The present work derived the robust constraints on annihilating WIMP parameters utilizing new radio observations of M31, as well as new studies of its dark matter distribution and other properties. The characteristics of emission due to DM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-25 Andrei E. Egorov

Among various approaches for indirect detection of dark matter, synchrotron emission due to secondary electrons/positrons produced in galactic WIMPs annihilation is raising an increasing interest. In this paper we propose a new method to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-15 Enrico Borriello , Giuseppe Longo , Gennaro Miele , Maurizio Paolillo , Beatriz B. Siffert , Fatemeh S. Tabatabaei , Rainer Beck

Radio observations of the Ursa Major II dwarf spheroidal galaxy obtained using the Green Bank Telescope are used to place bounds on WIMP dark matter properties. Dark matter annihilation releases energy in the form of charged particles which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-13 Aravind Natarajan , Jeffrey B. Peterson , Tabitha C. Voytek , Kristine Spekkens , Brian Mason , James Aguirre , Beth Willman

We perform a systematic study of the multi-wavelength signal induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) annihilations at the Galactic Center (GC). Referring to a generic WIMP dark matter (DM) scenario and depending on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Marco Regis , Piero Ullio

The nature of the cosmic dark matter is unknown. The most compelling hypothesis is that dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the 100 GeV mass range. Such particles would annihilate in the galactic halo,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Edward A. Baltz , James E. Taylor , Lawrence L. Wai

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 present the first observational limits on the predicted synchrotron signals from particle Dark Matter annihilation models in dwarf spheroidal galaxies at radio frequencies below 1 GHz. We use a combination of survey data from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Arpan Kar , Sourav Mitra , Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury , Steven Tingay

The hierarchical clustering observed in cold dark matter simulations results in highly clumped galactic halos. If the dark matter in our halo is made of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), their annihilation products should be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Blasi , A. V. Olinto , C. Tyler

The present work derived the robust constraints on annihilating WIMP parameters utilizing new radio observations of M31, as well as new studies of its DM distribution and other properties. The characteristics of emission due to DM…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-02-21 Andrei E. Egorov

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

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

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) can self-annihilate, thus providing us with a way to indirectly detect dark matter (DM). Dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies are excellent places to search for annihilation signals because they are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-09 L. Gajović , F. Welzmüller , V. Heesen , F. de Gasperin , M. Vollmann , M. Brüggen , A. Basu , R. Beck , D. J. Schwarz , D. J. Bomans , A. Drabent
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