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We compute the bounds on the dark matter (DM) annihilation cross section using the most recent Cosmic Microwave Background measurements from WMAP9, SPT'11 and ACT'10. We consider DM with mass in the MeV-TeV range annihilating 100% into…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-13 Laura Lopez-Honorez , Olga Mena , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz , Aaron C. Vincent

We perform an analysis of the simplified dark matter models in the light of cosmic ray observables by AMS-02 and Fermi-LAT. We assume fermion, scalar or vector dark matter particle with a leptophobic spin-0 mediator that couples only to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-14 Tong Li

It has been long discussed that cosmic rays may contain signals of dark matter. In the last couple of years an anomaly of cosmic-ray positrons has drawn a lot of attentions, and recently an excess in cosmic-ray anti-proton has been reported…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-29 Shin'ichiro Ando , Koji Ishiwata

AMS-02 provided the unprecedented statistics in the measurement of the positron fraction from cosmic rays. That may offer a unique opportunity to distinguish the positron spectrum coming from various dark matter (DM) annihilation channels,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-02-17 Yu-Heng Chen , Kingman Cheung , Po-Yan Tseng

The annihilation of dark matter particles in the galactic halo of the Milky Way may lead to cosmic ray signatures that can be probed by the AMS-02 experiment, which has measured the composition and fluxes of charged cosmic rays with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-05-10 Leila Ali Cavasonza , Henning Gast , Michael Krämer , Mathieu Pellen , Stefan Schael

Our Galaxy resides in the center of a vast "Halo" of Dark Matter (DM). This concentration produces, in many viable particle physics models, an indirect Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) annihilation signal that peaks in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-17 Brandon Anderson

The BESS-Polar collaboration has recently performed a precise measurement of the local antiproton flux which is consistent with a pure secondary production of antiprotons. We constrain a possible primary component originating from dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Rolf Kappl , Martin Wolfgang Winkler

The precise measurements of energy spectra of cosmic ray positrons and/or electrons by recent experiments show clear excesses above 10 GeV. Moreover, a potential sharp spectral feature was suggested by the Dark Matter Particle Explorer…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-04-29 Lei Feng , Zhaofeng Kang , Qiang Yuan , Peng-Fei Yin , Yi-Zhong Fan

Recent advances in gamma-ray cosmic ray, infrared and radio astronomy have allowed us to develop a significantly better understanding of the galactic medium properties in the last few years. In this work using the DRAGON code, that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-05 Maryam Tavakoli , Ilias Cholis , Carmelo Evoli , Piero Ullio

The diffuse galactic EGRET gamma ray data show a clear excess for energies above 1 GeV in comparison with the expectations from conventional galactic models. The excess is seen with the same spectrum in all sky directions, as expected for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 W. de Boer

Exploring the realm of Dark Matter research, Light DM, which has a mass in the range of 1 MeV to 1 GeV, is a fascinating topic both theoretically and experimentally. We assume that the light dark matter is composed of complex scalars and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-05 Jun Guo , Lei Wu , Bin Zhu

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

Assuming a dark matter fraction $\Omega_{DM} = 0.27$ and a reduced Hubble constant $h = 0.73$, we obtain a value of 70 GeV/c$^2$ for the mass of the dark matter WIMP we have previously proposed. We also obtain a value for the annihilation…

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic $\gamma$-rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. $\gamma$-ray line limits from 30 GeV to 200 GeV obtained from 11 months of Fermi Large Area Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-15 The Fermi 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 , A. Bouvier , J. Bregeon , A. Brez , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , T. H. Burnett , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , S. Carrigan , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , O. C. Elik , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , C. D. Dermer , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , S. W. Digel , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , Y. Edmonds , R. Essig , C. Farnier , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , W. B. Focke , P. Fortin , M. Frailis , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , L. Guillemot , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , A. K. Harding , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , M. S. Jackson , G. J . ohannesson , A. S. Johnson , R. P. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , N. Kawai , M. Kerr , J. Kno . dlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , 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 , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , P. L. Nolan , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , M. Ozaki , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , D. Parent , V. Pelassa , M. Pepe , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , S. Rainó , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , J. Ripken , 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. Sgró , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , P. D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , J. -L. Starck , M. S. Strickman , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , D. F. Torres , 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

Recent studies of radio data put strong constraints on annihilation cross section for dark matter. In this article, we provide the first analysis of using M33 radio data in constraining annihilating dark matter. The resulting constraints of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-24 Man Ho Chan

Several studies have pointed out an excess in the AMS-02 antiproton spectrum at rigidities of 10-20 GV. Its spectral properties were found to be consistent with a dark-matter particle of mass 50-100 GeV which annihilates hadronically at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 Jan Heisig , Michael Korsmeier , Martin Wolfgang Winkler

We present updated constraints on 'light' Dark Matter (DM) particles with masses between 1 MeV and 5 GeV. In this range, we can expect DM-produced $e^\pm$ pairs to up-scatter low-energy ambient photons in the Milky Way via the Inverse…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-17 Jordan Koechler

Recently, it has been shown that electrons and positrons from dark matter (DM) annihilations provide an excellent fit to the Fermi, PAMELA, and HESS data. Using this DM model, which requires an enhancement of the annihilation cross section…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-20 Anders Pinzke , Christoph Pfrommer , Lars Bergstrom

Recent measurements performed with some direct dark matter detection experiments, e.g. CDMS-II and CoGENT (after DAMA/LIBRA), have unveiled a few events compatible with weakly interacting massive particles. The preferred mass range is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-11 Julien Lavalle

Cosmic-ray antiprotons are a powerful tool for astroparticle physics. While the bulk of measured antiprotons is consistent with a secondary origin, the precise data of the AMS-02 experiment provides us with encouraging prospects to search…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-02 Jan Heisig