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[Abridged] Indirect detection of dark matter (DM) by multi-wavelength astronomical observations provides a promising avenue for probing the particle nature of DM. In the case of DM consisting of Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-06 Alex McDaniel , Tesla Jeltema , Stefano Profumo

We report our analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data for 39 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) listed in the second $\gamma$-ray pulsar catalog. Spectra of the pulsars are obtained. We fit the spectra with a function of a power law with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang

We report on the discovery of gamma-ray pulsations from five millisecond pulsars (MSPs) using the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and timing ephemerides provided by various radio observatories. We also present confirmation of the gamma-ray…

We analyze about 12 years of Fermi-LAT data in the direction of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). We robustly characterize its spectral and morphological properties against systematic uncertainties related to the modeling of the Galactic diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 Celine Armand , Francesca Calore

Gamma and X-ray observatories have revealed spectacular structures in the emission of the tenuous hot gas surrounding the Milky Way (MW), known as the Fermi and eROSITA bubbles. Galaxy formation simulations suggest that MW-like bubbles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-29 Andrea Sacchi , Akos Bogdan , Nhut Truong

The inner region of the Milky Way is one of the most interesting and complex regions of the gamma-ray sky. The intense interstellar emission and resolved point sources, as well as potential contributions by other sources such as unresolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Troy A. Porter , Simona Murgia

Galactic center (GC) is expected to be the brightest source of possible dark matter (DM) annihilation signal. Excess gamma-ray emission has been detected by several groups. Both DM and more conventional astrophysical explanations of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-12 Dmitry Malyshev

Radio timing observations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in support of Fermi LAT observations of the gamma-ray sky enhance the sensitivity of high-energy pulsation searches. With contemporaneous ephemerides we have detected gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Lucas Guillemot , Ismaël Cognard , Tyrel J. Johnson , Christo Venter , Alice K. Harding

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized our knowledge of the gamma-ray pulsar population, leading to the discovery of almost 100 gamma-ray pulsars and dozens of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs). Although the outer-gap…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. K. H. Kong , R. H. H. Huang , K. S. Cheng , J. Takata , Y. Yatsu , C. C. Cheung , D. Donato , L. C. C. Lin , J. Kataoka , Y. Takahashi , K. Maeda , C. Y. Hui , P. H. T. Tam

Studies of Fermi data indicate an excess of GeV gamma rays around the Galactic center (GC), possibly due to dark matter. We show that young gamma-ray pulsars can yield a similar signal. First, a high concentration of GC supernovae naturally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-15 Ryan M. O'Leary , Matthew D. Kistler , Matthew Kerr , Jason Dexter

The region surrounding the center of the Milky Way is both astrophysically rich and complex, and is predicted to contain very high densities of dark matter. Utilizing three years of data from the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-29 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The $Fermi$-LAT has revealed that rotation powered millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are a major contributor to the Galactic $\gamma$-ray source population. Such pulsars may also be important in modeling the quiescent state of several low mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 J. Takata , K. S. Cheng , R. E. Taam

Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has recently detected 8 gamma-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs), providing an unprecedented opportunity to probe the magnetospheres of these low-spin-down pulsars. We performed 3D emission modeling, including…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-26 C. Venter , A. K. Harding , L. Guillemot

Globular clusters are known to harbour a significant population of neutron star X-ray binaries that could be responsible for delaying the inevitable core collapse of these dense clusters. As a result, their progeny, namely millisecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-13 N. A. Webb , J. Knödlseder

Various theoretical models predict the existence of extended $\gamma$-ray halo around normal galaxies that could be produced by interactions of cosmic rays with the circumgalactic medium or by annihilation or decay of hypothetical dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 M. S. Pshirkov , B. A. Nizamov

We present a new extended gamma ray excess detected with the Fermi Satellite Large Area Telescope toward the Galactic Center that traces the morphology of infrared starlight emission. Combined with its measured spectrum, this new extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-13 Kevork N. Abazajian , Nicolas Canac , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Manoj Kaplinghat , Anna Kwa

Fermi has detected over 200 pulsars above 100 MeV. In a previous work, using 3 years of LAT data (1FHL catalog) we reported that 28 of these pulsars show emission above 10 GeV; only three of these, however, were millisecond pulsars (MSPs).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 Pablo M. Saz Parkinson , Andrea Belfiore , David Carreto Fidalgo , Colin J. Clark , Matthew Kerr , Lars Nieder

Recently, the {\it{Fermi}} space telescope has discovered two large $\gamma$-ray emission regions, the so-called "Fermi bubbles", that extend up to $\sim 50^\circ$ above and below the Galactic center. The $\gamma$-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Satyendra Thoudam

In a recent paper by Hooper and Goodenough, data from the Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope was analyzed and an excess of gamma rays was claimed to be found in the emission spectrum from the Galactic Center Region. Hooper and Goodenough suggest…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-11 Gardner Marshall , Reinard Primulando

The Milky Way System and the Andromeda galaxy experienced radically different evolutionary histories. Nevertheless, it is found that these two galaxies ended up with globular cluster systems in which individual clusters have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sidney van den Bergh