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VERITAS Dark Matter search in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: an extended analysis

Dark matter (DM) is largely believed to be the dominant component of the matter content of the Universe. Astronomical measurements can be utilized to search for Standard Model (SM) annihilation or decay products of DM, complementing direct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-16 Chiara Giuri

Search for Gamma-Ray Emission from DES Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Candidates with Fermi-LAT Data

Due to their proximity, high dark-matter content, and apparent absence of non-thermal processes, Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for the indirect detection of dark matter. Recently, eight new dSph…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-18 LAT Collaboration , The DES Collaboration , A. Drlica-Wagner , A. Albert , K. Bechtol , M. Wood , L. Strigari , M. Sanchez-Conde , L. Baldini , R. Essig , J. Cohen-Tanugi , B. Anderson , R. Bellazzini , E. D. Bloom , R. Caputo , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , J. Chiang , A. de Angelis , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , M. Kuss , F. Loparco , P. Lubrano , N. Mirabal , T. Mizuno , A. Morselli , T. Ohsugi , E. Orlando , M. Persic , S. Raino , N. Sehgal , F. Spada , D. J. Suson , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer , T. Abbott , S. Allam , E. Balbinot , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Levy , R. A. Bernstein , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , F. J. Castander , R. Covarrubias , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , C. E Cunha , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. James , T. Jeltema , S. Kent , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , E. Luque , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. March , J. Marshall , P. Martini , K. W. Merritt , C. Miller , R. Miquel , J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , B. Nord , R. Ogando , J. Peoples , D. Petravick , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas , A. Queiroz , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , D. Tucker , A. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , W. Wester , P. Williams , B. Yanny , J. Zuntz

VERITAS Search for VHE Gamma-ray Emission from Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

Indirect dark matter searches with ground-based gamma-ray observatories provide an alternative for identifying the particle nature of dark matter that is complementary to that of direct search or accelerator production experiments. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 The VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , J. L. Christiansen , L. Ciupik , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , A. Furniss , N. Galante , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. D. Wood , B. Zitzer

Observations of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal galaxies with the Fermi-LAT detector and constraints on Dark Matter models

We report on the observations of 14 dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope taken during the first 11 months of survey mode operations. The Fermi telescope provides a new opportunity to test particle dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 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 , J. Bregeon , A. Brez , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , T. H. Burnett , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , A. Chekhtman , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , S. W. Digel , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , C. Farnier , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , W. B. Focke , P. Fortin , M. Frailis , Y. Fukazawa , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , B. Giebels , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , L. Guillemot , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , A. K. Harding , E. Hays , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , M. S. Jackson , T. E. Jeltema , G. Johannesson , A. S. Johnson , R. P. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , M. Kerr , J. Knodlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , M. Lemoine-Goumard , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G. M. Madejski , 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 , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , P. L. Nolan , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , D. Parent , V. Pelassa , M. Pepe , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , T. A. Porter , S. Profumo , S. Raino , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , 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. Sgro , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , P. D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , M. S. Strickman , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , D. F. Torres , A. Tramacere , 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 , James S. Bullock , Manoj Kaplinghat , Gregory D. Martinez

Constraint on the velocity dependent dark matter annihilation cross section from gamma-ray and kinematic observations of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies

Searching for gamma rays from dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) is a promising approach to detect dark matter (DM) due to the high DM densities and low baryon components in dSphs. The Fermi-LAT observations from dSphs have set stringent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-04 Yi Zhao , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin , Xinmin Zhang

Prospects for measuring dark matter microphysics with observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Dark matter annihilation in dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies near the Milky Way has the potential to produce a detectable signature in gamma-rays. The amplitude of this signal depends on the dark matter density in a dSph, the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-09 Eric J. Baxter , Jason Kumar , Andrew B. Pace , Jack Runburg

The last refuge of mixed wino-Higgsino dark matter

We delineate the allowed parameter and mass range for a wino-like dark matter particle containing some Higgsino admixture in the MSSM by analysing the constraints from diffuse gamma-rays from the dwarf spheroidal galaxies, galactic cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-01 Martin Beneke , Aoife Bharucha , Andrzej Hryczuk , Stefan Recksiegel , Pedro Ruiz-Femenia

Precise constraints on the dark matter content of Milky Way dwarf galaxies for gamma-ray experiments

We examine the prospects for detecting gamma-rays from dark matter annihilation in the six most promising dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. We use recently-measured velocity dispersion profiles to provide a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Louis E. Strigari , Savvas M. Koushiappas , James S. Bullock , Manoj Kaplinghat

Prospect for dark matter signatures from dwarf galaxies by LHAASO

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) is a next-generation observatory for high energy gamma rays and cosmic rays with wide field of view. It will detect gamma rays with high sensitivity in the energy range from 300 GeV to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-16 Dong-Ze He , Xiao-Jun Bi , Su-Jie Lin , Peng-Fei Yin , Xin Zhang

A Robust Method for Treating Astrophysical Mismodeling in Dark Matter Annihilation Searches of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

Fermi-LAT observations have strongly constrained dark matter annihilation through the joint-likelihood analysis of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). These constraints are expected to be robust because dSphs have measurable dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Tim Linden

Gamma-Ray Dark Matter Searches in Milky Way Satellites -- A Comparative Review of Data Analysis Methods and Current Results

If dark matter is composed of weakly interacting particles with mass in the GeV-TeV range, their annihilation or decay may produce gamma rays that could be detected by gamma-ray telescopes. Observations of dwarf spheroidal satellite…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-30 Javier Rico

Searches for Particle Dark Matter with gamma-rays

In this contribution I review the present status and discuss some prospects for indirect detection of dark matter with gamma-rays. Thanks to the Fermi Large Area Telescope, searches in gamma-rays have reached sensitivities that allow to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jan Conrad

Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation from Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with Six Years of Fermi-LAT Data

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) of the Milky Way are some of the most dark matter (DM) dominated objects known. We report on gamma-ray observations of Milky Way dSphs based on 6 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 LAT Collaboration

Effective $J$-factors for Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies with velocity-dependent annihilation

We calculate the effective $J$-factors, which determine the strength of indirect detection signals from dark matter annihilation, for 25 dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). We consider several well-motivated assumptions for the relative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Kimberly K. Boddy , Jason Kumar , Andrew B. Pace , Jack Runburg , Louis E. Strigari

Constraints on Ultra Heavy Dark Matter Properties from Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with LHAASO Observations

In this work we try to search for signals generated by ultra-heavy dark matter at the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) data. We look for possible gamma-ray by dark matter annihilation or decay from 16 dwarf spheroidal…

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Dark Matter Annihilation Limits from Dwarf Galaxies using VERITAS

Current cosmological models and data suggest the existence of a cold Dark Matter (DM) component, however the nature of DM particles remains unknown. A favored candidate for DM is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Benjamin Zitzer

Dark Matter searches in Dwarf Galaxies with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter density of the Universe, yet its true nature remains uncertain. Among dark matter theories, Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a prominent candidate for dark matter because…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-20 Micael Andrade , Aion Viana

Indirect searches for dark matter annihilations toward dwarf spheroidal galaxies with VERITAS

In the cosmological paradigm, cold Dark Matter (DM) dominates the mass content of the Universe and is present at every scale. Candidates for DM include many extensions of the standard model, with a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Matthieu Vivier

Wino and Real Minimal Dark Matter Excluded by Fermi Gamma-Ray Observations

We show that minimal, fermionic dark matter (DM) models in the $n$-dimensional representation of the weak force with zero hypercharge that make up 100% of the DM under the standard cosmological history are strongly excluded for $n < 9$.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-23 Benjamin R. Safdi , Weishuang Linda Xu

Can proper motions of dark-matter subhalos be detected?

One of the goals of NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) will be detection of gamma rays from dark-matter annihilation in the Galactic halo. Theoretical arguments suggest that dark matter may be bound into subhalos with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shin'ichiro Ando , Marc Kamionkowski , Samuel K. Lee , Savvas M. Koushiappas