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Several classes of astrophysical sources contribute to the approximately isotropic gamma-ray background measured by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. In this paper, we use Fermi's catalog of gamma-ray sources (along with corresponding…

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Using 14 years of Fermi-LAT data and 10 years of H.E.S.S. observations in the direction of the galactic center, we derive limits on gamma-ray lines originated from dark matter annihilations for fermionic and scalar fields. We describe the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-10 Lucia Angel , Guillermo Gambini , Leticia Guedes , Farinaldo S. Queiroz , Vitor de Souza

We study the annihilating dark matter contribution to the extra-galactic diffuse gamma-ray background spectrum, motivated by the recent observations of cosmic-ray positron/electron anomalies. The observed diffuse gamma-ray flux provides…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kazunori Kohri , Kazunori Nakayama

We make a detailed analysis of the indirect diffuse gamma-ray signals from dark matter annihilation in the Galaxy. We include the prompt emission, as well as the emission from inverse Compton scattering whenever the annihilation products…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-14 Steve Blanchet , Julien Lavalle

We study diffuse gamma-ray emission at intermediate Galactic latitudes measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope with the aim of searching for a signal from dark matter annihilation or decay. In the absence of a robust dark matter signal,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-10 G. Zaharijas , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , Z. Yang

We present a general, model-independent formalism for determining bounds on the production of photons in dwarf spheroidal galaxies via dark matter annihilation, applicable to any set of assumptions about dark matter particle physics or…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-05-28 Kimberly K. Boddy , Jason Kumar , Danny Marfatia , Pearl Sandick

Dark Matter annihilation or decay can affect the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Therefore, the CMB data can be used to constrain the properties of a dark matter particle. In this work, we use the new CMB data obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Yupeng Yang

Nearby clusters and groups of galaxies are potentially bright sources of high-energy gamma-ray emission resulting from the pair-annihilation of dark matter particles. However, no significant gamma-ray emission has been detected so far from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-25 LAT Collaboration

Dark matter (DM) in the Milky Way halo may annihilate or decay to photons, producing monochromatic gamma rays. We search for DM-induced spectral lines using 14 years of data from the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-07 Joshua W. Foster , Yujin Park , Benjamin R. Safdi , Yotam Soreq , Weishuang Linda Xu

Dark matter captured by interaction with electrons inside the Sun may annihilate via long-lived mediator to produce observable gamma ray signals. We utilize solar gamma ray flux measurements from the Fermi Large Area Telescope and High…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-15 Debajit Bose , Tarak Nath Maity , Tirtha Sankar Ray

To reveal natures of the dark matter (DM) particles, a gamma-ray signal produced in annihilation processes of DM into the standard model particles has been one of the major probes. The cross-correlation between highly DM dominated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-04 Daiki Hashimoto , Atsushi J. Nishizawa , Masahiro Takada

Several cosmic ray experiments have measured excesses in electrons and positrons, relative to standard backgrounds, for energies from ~ 10 GeV - 1 TeV. These excesses could be due to new astrophysical sources, but an explanation in which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Spencer Chang , Lisa Goodenough

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of astrophysical backgrounds, dwarf spheroidal galaxies are widely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-20 LAT Collaboration , M. Ackermann , A. Albert , B. Anderson , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. Bouvier , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , C. D. Dermer , S. W. Digel , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Essig , C. Favuzzi , E. C. Ferrara , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , M. Giroletti , G. Godfrey , G. A. Gomez-Vargas , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , M. Hayashida , E. Hays , J. Hewitt , R. E. Hughes , T. Jogler , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , D. Kocevski , M. Kuss , . Larsson , L. Latronico , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G. Martinez , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , J. S. Perkins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , S. Ritz , M. Sànchez-Conde , N. Sehgal , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , P. Spinelli , L. Strigari , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , Y. Uchiyama , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer

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

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of astrophysical backgrounds, dwarf spheroidal galaxies are widely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matthew Wood , Brandon Anderson , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Johann Cohen-Tanugi , Jan Conrad

The self-annihilation of dark matter particles with mass in the MeV range can produce gamma rays via prompt or secondary radiation. The annihilation rate for such light dark matter particles is however tightly constrained by cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 Alma X. Gonzalez-Morales , Stefano Profumo , Javier Reynoso-Córdova

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

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

We study the capabilities of the Fermi-LAT instrument for identifying particle Dark Matter properties as mass, annihilation cross section and annihilation channels, with gamma-ray observations from the Galactic Center. For the potential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-02 Nicolas Bernal

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