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In this paper we analyze a simple scenario in which Dark Matter (DM) consists of free fermions with mass $m_f$. We assume that on galactic scales these fermions are capable of forming a degenerate Fermi gas, in which stability against…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-22 Valerie Domcke , Alfredo Urbano

The existence of dark matter (DM) was first noticed by Zwicky in the 1930s, but its nature remains one of the great unsolved problems of physics. A variety of observations indicate that it is non-baryonic and non-relativistic. One of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Troy A. Porter , Robert P. Johnson , Peter W. Graham

The strongest experimental evidence for dark matter is the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess observed by the Fermi telescope and even predicted prior to discovery as a potential dark matter signature via WIMP dark matter self-annihilations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-11 Moorits Mihkel Muru , Joseph Silk , Noam I. Libeskind , Stefan Gottloeber , Yehuda Hoffman

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

We derive constraints on dark matter (DM) annihilation cross section and decay lifetime from cross-correlation analyses of the data from Fermi-LAT and weak lensing surveys that cover a wide area of $\sim660$ squared degrees in total. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-29 Masato Shirasaki , Oscar Macias , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Satoshi Shirai , Naoki Yoshida

Gamma-ray is a good probe of dark matter (DM) particles in the Universe. We search for the DM annihilation signals in the direction of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using 7.5 year Fermi-LAT pass 8 data. Similar to Pshirkov et al. (2016), we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Zhengwei Li , Xiaoyuan Huang , Qiang Yuan , Yupeng Xu

Triangulum-II, a newly discovered dwarf spheroidal galaxy, is a strong candidate for the indirect search of dark matter through the detection of $\gamma$-ray emission that could originate from the pair- annihilation of weakly interacting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-10 Sayan Biswas , Pooja Bhattacharjee , Pratik Majumdar , Subinoy Das , Mousumi Das , Parthasarathi Joarder

We search for evidence of dark matter (DM) annihilation in the isotropic gamma-ray background (IGRB) measured with 50 months of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations. An improved theoretical description of the cosmological DM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-20 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. D. Bloom , R. Bonino , J. Bregeon , 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 , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , S. W. Digel , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Favuzzi , E. C. Ferrara , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , G. Godfrey , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , J. W. Hewitt , X. Hou , T. Kamae , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , D. Malyshev , F. Massaro , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , M. Negro , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , S. Raino , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Sanchez-Conde , A. Schulz , C. Sgro , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , E. Troja , Y. Uchiyama , G. Vianello , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas

We present methods to assess whether gamma-ray excesses towards Milky Way dwarf galaxies can be attributed to astrophysical sources rather than to dark matter annihilation. As a case study we focus on Reticulum II, the dwarf which shows the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-24 Alex Geringer-Sameth , Savvas M. Koushiappas , Matthew G. Walker , Vincent Bonnivard , Céline Combet , David Maurin

It has been proposed that during the formation of the first generation stars there might be a "dark star" phase in which the power of the star comes from dark matter annihilation. The adiabatic contraction process to form the dark star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-20 Qiang Yuan , Bin Yue , Bing Zhang , Xuelei Chen

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 2015-06-12 Gabrijela Zaharijas , Jan Conrad , Alessandro Cuoco , Zhaoyu Yang

We perform a joint analysis of dwarf galaxy data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in search of dark matter annihilation into a gamma-ray line. We employ a novel statistical method that takes into account the spatial and spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-10 Alex Geringer-Sameth , Savvas M. Koushiappas

Dwarf irregular galaxies (dIrrs), as rotationally-supported systems, have more reliable J-factor measurements than dwarf spheroidal galaxies and have received attention as targets for dark matter detection in recent years. In this paper, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-15 Yi-Fei Lü , Ben-Yang Zhu , Rong-Lan Li , Xue-Kang Guo , Tian-Ci Liu , Yong-Bo Huang , Yun-Feng Liang

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

In this work, we revisit the all-sky Galactic diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission taking into account the new measurements of cosmic ray electron/positron spectrum by PAMELA, ATIC and Fermi, which show excesses of cosmic electrons/positrons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Juan Zhang , Qiang Yuan , Xiao-Jun Bi

Among the most stringent constraints on the dark matter annihilation cross section are those derived from observations of dwarf galaxies by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. As current (e.g., Dark Energy Survey, DES) and future (Large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 Chen He , Keith Bechtol , Andrew P. Hearin , Dan Hooper

$\Lambda$-Warm Dark Matter (WDM) has been proposed as alternative scenario to $\Lambda$ cold dark matter (CDM), motivated by discrepancies at the scale of dwarf galaxies, with less small-scale power and realized by collisionless particles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Alice Chau , Lucio Mayer , Fabio Governato

Galaxy clusters are promising targets for indirect detection of dark matter thanks to the large dark matter content. Using 14 years of Fermi-LAT data from seven nearby galaxy clusters, we obtain constraints on the lifetime of decaying very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-17 Deheng Song , Kohta Murase , Ali Kheirandish

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

Dark matter is one of the most important open problems in particle physics and cosmology. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) appear as an appealing solution, providing the right relic density with a cross-section at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-04 C. Siqueira , Guilherme N. Fortes , Aion Viana , Farinaldo Queiroz