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In this paper we examine whether indirect detection constraints on dark matter associated with a non-thermal history may be significantly improved when accounting for the presence of galactic substructure in the form of dark matter spikes.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-14 Pearl Sandick , Scott Watson

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

We set conservative constraints on decaying dark matter particles with masses spanning a very wide range ($10^4-10^{16}$ GeV). For this we use multimessenger observations of cosmic-ray (CR) protons/antiprotons, electrons/positrons,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-03 Koji Ishiwata , Oscar Macias , Shin'ichiro Ando , Makoto Arimoto

The $\gamma$-ray and neutrino emissions from dark matter (DM) annihilation in galaxy clusters are studied. After about one year operation of Fermi-LAT, several nearby clusters are reported with stringent upper limits of GeV $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-13 Qiang Yuan , Peng-Fei Yin , Xiao-Jun Bi , Xin-Min Zhang , Shou-Hua Zhu

Recent studies of gamma-ray, cosmic-ray and radio data put stringent constraints on the fraction of primordial black holes (PBHs) in our universe. In this article, we propose a new indirect method in using the X-ray luminosity data of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 Chak Man Lee , Man Ho Chan

Annihilation of Dark Matter usually produces together with gamma rays comparable amounts of electrons and positrons. The e+e- gyrating in the galactic magnetic field then produce secondary synchrotron radiation which thus provides an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-19 Enrico Borriello , Alessandro Cuoco , Gennaro Miele

The cold dark matter may be in a meta-stable state and decays to other particles with a very long lifetime. If the decaying products of the dark matter are weakly interacting, e.g. neutrinos, then it would have little impact on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yan Gong , Xuelei Chen

Numerous particle models for the cosmological dark matter feature a pair-annihilation rate that scales with powers of the relative velocity between the annihilating particles. As a result, the annihilation rate in the central regions of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 Nolan Smyth , Gabriela Huckabee , Stefano Profumo

Recent radio-frequency probes, with the ATCA and ASKAP telescopes, have proven themselves to be at the forefront of placing indirect limits on the properties of dark matter. The latter being able to substantially exceed the constraining…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Geoff Beck , Michael Sarkis

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

Recently, the Fermi-LAT collaboration reported upper limits on the GeV gamma-ray flux from nearby clusters of galaxies. Motivated by these limits, we study corresponding constraints on gamma-ray emissions from two specific decaying dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-28 Jiwei Ke , Mingxing Luo , Liucheng Wang , Guohuai Zhu

Utilizing data from the ELVIS and Via Lactea-II simulations, we characterize the local dark matter subhalo population, and use this information to refine the predictions for the gamma-ray fluxes arising from annihilating dark matter in this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 Dan Hooper , Samuel J. Witte

Very recent work has identified a new satellite galaxy, Ursa Major III/UNIONS I, which is the faintest such system ever observed. Dynamical considerations indicate that if the system is in equilibrium, it is likely to be highly dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Milena Crnogorčević , Tim Linden

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is a wide field of view observatory sensitive to 500 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays. It can also perform diverse indirect searches for dark matter (DM) annihilation…

Although the emission of radiation from dark matter annihilation is expected to be maximized at the Galactic Center, geometric factors and the presence of point-like and diffuse backgrounds make the choice of the angular window size to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pasquale D. Serpico , Gabrijela Zaharijas

In this article, I summarize and discuss the body of evidence which has accumulated in favor of dark matter in the form of approximately 10 GeV particles. This evidence includes the spectrum and angular distribution of gamma rays from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-09 Dan Hooper

We set conservative, robust constraints on the annihilation and decay of dark matter into various Standard Model final states under various assumptions about the distribution of the dark matter in the Milky Way halo. We use the inclusive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-04 Andrea Massari , Eder Izaguirre , Rouven Essig , Andrea Albert , Elliott Bloom , German A. Gomez-Vargas

Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound systems in the Universe. Their dynamics are dominated by dark matter (DM), which makes them among the best targets for indirect DM searches. We analyze 12 years of data collected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-03 Mattia Di Mauro , Judit Pérez-Romero , Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde , Nicolao Fornengo

The CACTUS experiment recently observed a gamma ray excess above 50 GeV from the direction of the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Considering that Draco is dark matter dominated the gamma rays may be generated through dark matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 Xiao-Jun Bi , Hong-Bo Hu , Xinmin Zhang
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