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Line-of-sight integrals of the squared density, commonly called the J-factor, are essential for inferring dark matter annihilation signals. The J-factors of dark matter-dominated dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) have typically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 A. Chiappo , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , L. E. Strigari , B. Anderson , M. A. Sanchez-Conde

Gamma-ray experiments seeking to detect evidence of dark matter annihilation in dwarf spheroidal galaxies require knowledge of the distribution of dark matter within these systems. We analyze the effects of flattening on the annihilation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Jason L. Sanders , N. Wyn Evans , Alex Geringer-Sameth , Walter Dehnen

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

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are promising targets of indirect detection experiments searching for dark matter (DM) at present universe. Toward robust prediction for the amount of signal flux originating in DM annihilation inside…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Shun-ichi Horigome , Kohei Hayashi , Masahiro Ibe , Miho N. Ishigaki , Shigeki Matsumoto , Hajime Sugai

We use FIRE-2 zoom cosmological simulations of Milky Way size galaxy halos to calculate astrophysical J-factors for dark matter annihilation and indirect detection studies. In addition to velocity-independent (s-wave) annihilation cross…

The recently discovered satellite dwarf galaxy Ursa Major III provides a promising opportunity to explore the signatures resulting from dark matter (DM) annihilation, due to its proximity and large J-factor. Owing to the absence of an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-20 Yi Zhao , Xiao-Jun Bi , Su-Jie Lin , Peng-Fei Yin

We study observable signals from dark matter that self-annihilates via the Sommerfeld effect in dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). Since the effect of the Sommerfeld enhancement depends on the velocity of dark matter, it is crucial to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-29 Shin'ichiro Ando , Koji Ishiwata

We present an updated analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the directions of classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies, deriving new constraints on WIMP dark matter (DM) annihilation using a decade of Fermi-LAT data. Among the major novelties, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-15 Alexandre Alvarez , Francesca Calore , Anna Genina , Justin I. Read , Pasquale D. Serpico , Bryan Zaldivar

Dark matter mass density profiles and velocity distributions for a set of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) have recently been obtained (F.Bezrukov, D.Gorbunov, E.Koreshkova arXiv:2412.20585) by performing a multi-parametric fit to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-12 Fedor Bezrukov , Dmitry Gorbunov , Ekaterina Koreshkova

Indirect dark matter searches targeting dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) have matured rapidly during the past decade. This has been because of the substantial increase in kinematic data sets from the dSphs, the new dSphs that have been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Louis E. Strigari

Due to their large dynamical mass-to-light ratios, dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are promising targets for the indirect detection of dark matter (DM) in gamma-rays. We examine their detectability by present and future gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Charbonnier , C. Combet , M. Daniel , S. Funk , J. A. Hinton , D. Maurin , C. Power , J. I. Read , S. Sarkar , M. G. Walker , M. I. Wilkinson

Indirect detection strategies of particle Dark Matter (DM) in Dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) typically entail searching for annihilation signals above the astrophysical background. To robustly compare model predictions with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-29 A. Chiappo , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , L. E. Strigari

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) in the Milky Way are the primary targets in the indirect searches for particle dark matter. To set robust constraints on candidate of dark matter particles, understanding the dark halo structure of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-05 Kohei Hayashi , Koji Ichikawa , Shigeki Matsumoto , Masahiro Ibe , Miho N. Ishigaki , Hajime Sugai

For models in which dark matter annihilation is Sommerfeld-enhanced, the annihilation cross section increases at low relative velocities. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) have low characteristic dark matter particle velocities and are thus…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 Kimberly K. Boddy , Jason Kumar , Louis E. Strigari , Mei-Yu Wang

The distribution of dark matter in dwarf galaxies can have important implications on our understanding of galaxy formation as well as the particle physics properties of dark matter. However, accurately characterizing the dark matter content…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-01 Laura J. Chang , Lina Necib

The recently discovered object Triangulum II appears to be an ultra faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy which may be one of the most dark matter dominated objects yet known. In this work we try to estimate the potential of this object for studies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Anna Genina , Malcolm Fairbairn

We determine the dark matter pair-wise relative velocity distribution in a set of Milky Way-like halos in the Auriga and APOSTLE simulations. Focusing on the smooth halo component, the relative velocity distribution is well-described by a…

Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellites are a prime target for Dark Matter (DM) indirect searches. There have been recent reassessments of the expected DM gamma-ray signals in case of long-range interactions, commonly known as Sommerfeld…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-21 Mihael Petac , Piero Ullio , Mauro Valli

Measuring the dark matter distribution in dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) from stellar kinematics is crucial for indirect dark matter searches, as these distributions set the fluxes for both dark matter annihilation (J-Factor) and decay…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 Andrew B. Pace , Louis E. Strigari

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are among the most promising targets for indirect dark matter (DM) searches in $\gamma$-rays. The $\gamma$-ray flux from DM annihilation in a dwarf spheroidal galaxy is proportional to the $J$-factor of the source.…

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