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Searches for "dark" subhaloes in gamma-ray point-like source catalogues are among promising strategies for indirect dark matter detection. Such a search is nevertheless affected by uncertainties related, on the one hand, to the modelling of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-12 Francesca Calore , Moritz Hütten , Martin Stref

We present a new method to measure or constrain p-wave-suppressed cross sections for dark matter (DM) annihilations inside the steep density spikes induced by supermassive black holes. We demonstrate that the high DM densities, together…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 Jessie Shelton , Stuart L. Shapiro , Brian D. Fields

We derive constraints on dark matter (DM) annihilation cross section and decay lifetime from cross-correlation analyses of the data from Fermi-LAT and weak lensing surveys that cover a wide area of $\sim660$ squared degrees in total. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-29 Masato Shirasaki , Oscar Macias , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Satoshi Shirai , Naoki Yoshida

Motivated by the complex gamma-ray spectrum of the Galactic Center source now measured over five decades in energy, we revisit the issue of the role of dark matter annihilations in this interesting region. We reassess whether the emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-30 Alexander V. Belikov , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Joseph Silk

In the frame of indirect dark matter searches we investigate the flux of high-energy $\gamma$-ray photons produced by annihilation of dark matter in caustics within our Galaxy under the hypothesis that the bulk of dark matter is composed of…

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

We assess Galactic Dark Matter (DM) sensitivities to photons from annihilation and decay using the spatial and kinematic information determined by state-of-the-art simulations in the Latte suite of Feedback In Realistic Environments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-14 Dawei Zhong , Mauro Valli , Kevork N. Abazajian

Indirect detection experiments typically measure the flux of annihilating dark matter (DM) particles propagating freely through galactic halos. We consider a new scenario where celestial bodies "focus" DM annihilation events, increasing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 Rebecca K. Leane , Tim Linden , Payel Mukhopadhyay , Natalia Toro

This study reanalyzes the detection prospects of dark matter (DM) annihilation signals in the Galactic Center, focusing on velocity-dependent dynamics within a spike density near the supermassive black hole (Sgr~A$^{\star}$). We investigate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-25 MeiWen Yang , Zhi-Qi Guo , Xiao-Yi Luo , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Zi-Qing Xia , Chih-Ting Lu , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Yi-Zhong Fan

Recent full-sky maps of the Galaxy from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope have revealed a diffuse component of emission towards the Galactic center and extending up to roughly +/-50 degrees in latitude. This Fermi "haze" is the inverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Gregory Dobler , Ilias Cholis , Neal Weiner

Electrons and positrons produced in dark matter annihilation can generate secondary emission through synchrotron and IC processes, and such secondary emission provides a possible means to detect DM particles with masses beyond the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-02 Xiao-Song Hu , Ben-Yang Zhu , Tian-Ci Liu , Yun-Feng Liang

Stellar streams are remnants of globular clusters or dwarf galaxies that have been tidally disrupted by the gravitational potential of their host galaxy. Streams originating from dwarfs can be particularly compelling targets for indirect…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-24 Cristina Fernandez-Suarez , Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde

Observations of cosmic rays are a sensitive probe of dark matter annihilation in our Galaxy. In this article we present an analysis of the AMS-02 antiproton data, reducing cosmic-ray propagation uncertainties by fitting at the same time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-23 Alessandro Cuoco , Jan Heisig , Michael Korsmeier , Michael Krämer

The Fermi Large Area Telescope observed an excess in gamma ray emission spectrum coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This data reveals that a light Dark Matter (DM) candidate of mass in the range 31-40 GeV, dominantly decaying…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Dilip Kumar Ghosh , Subhadeep Mondal , Ipsita Saha

We use six, high-resolution $\Lambda$CDM simulations of galaxy formation to study how emission from dark matter annihilation is affected by baryonic processes. These simulations produce isolated, disc-dominated galaxies with structure,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-06 Robert J J Grand , Simon D M White

An excess $\gamma$-ray signal toward the outer halo of M31 has recently been reported. Although other explanations are plausible, the possibility that it arises from dark matter (DM) is valid. In this work we interpret the excess in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Chris Karwin , Simona Murgia , Igor Moskalenko , Sean Fillingham , Anne-Katherine Burns , Max Fieg

Fifteen years of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data in the halo region of the Milky Way (MW) are analyzed to search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilation. Gamma-ray maps within the region of interest ($|l| \le 60^\circ$,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-25 Tomonori Totani

Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way with high mass-to-light ratios and little baryon content, i.e. dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs), are among the most promising targets to detect or constrain the nature of dark matter (DM) through its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-28 Mattia Di Mauro , Martin Stref , Francesca Calore

Numerical simulations of structure formation have recorded a remarkable progress in the recent years, in particular due to the inclusion of baryonic physics evolving with the dark matter component. We generate Monte Carlo realizations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Francesca Calore , Valentina De Romeri , Mattia Di Mauro , Fiorenza Donato , Federico Marinacci

If the dark matter in the Universe is made of weakly self-interacting particles, they may self-annihilate and emit gamma-rays. We use high resolution numerical simulations to estimate directly the annihilation flux from the central regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Felix Stoehr , Simon D. M. White , Volker Springel , Giuseppe Tormen , Naoki Yoshida

The extragalactic dark matter (DM) annihilation signal depends on the product of the clumping factor, <\delta^2>, and the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section, \sigma v. This "clumping factor-\sigma v" degeneracy can be broken by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-18 Kenny C. Y. Ng , Ranjan Laha , Sheldon Campbell , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Basudeb Dasgupta , Kohta Murase , John F. Beacom