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In the past decade, gamma-ray observations and radio observations put strong constraints on the parameters of dark matter annihilation. In this article, we suggest another robust way to constrain the parameters of dark matter annihilation.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Man Ho Chan

Photons produced in the annihilations of dark matter particles can be detected by gamma-ray telescopes; this technique of indirect detection serves as a cornerstone of the upcoming assault on the dark matter paradigm. The main obstacle to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 Eric J. Baxter , Scott Dodelson

In the past decade, gamma-ray observations and radio observations of our Milky Way and the Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies put very strong constraints on annihilation cross sections of dark matter. In this article, we suggest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Man Ho Chan

Recent studies of radio data put strong constraints on annihilation cross section for dark matter. In this article, we provide the first analysis of using M33 radio data in constraining annihilating dark matter. The resulting constraints of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-24 Man Ho Chan

Recent gamma-ray observations and radio observations put strong constraints on the parameters of dark matter annihilation. In this article, we derive new constraints for six standard model annihilation channels by using the recent radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-03 Man Ho Chan

Recent gamma-ray and radio observations provide stringent constraints for annihilating dark matter. The current $2\sigma$ lower limits of dark matter mass can be constrained to $\sim 100$ GeV for thermal relic annihilation cross section. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-05 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee

Recent gamma-ray and radio studies have obtained some stringent constraints on annihilating dark matter properties. However, only a few studies have focussed on using X-ray data to constrain annihilating dark matter. In this article, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-15 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee

The presence of dark matter in the universe is nowadays supported by a substantial set of astronomical and cosmological observations. A large amount of dark matter is expected in the Galactic Center (GC) region. Thanks also to its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-22 V. Lefranc , E. Moulin

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

Recent observations suggest that some high-velocity clouds may be confined by massive dark matter halos. In particular, the proximity and proposed dark matter content of the Smith Cloud make it a tempting target for the indirect detection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-01 Alex Drlica-Wagner , German A. Gomez-Vargas , John W. Hewitt , Tim Linden , Luigi Tibaldo

The presence of dark matter in the Universe is nowadays widely supported by a large body of astronomical and cosmological observations. One of the best targets to look for dark matter particle self-annihilation into very high energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 V. Lefranc , E. Moulin

Using gamma-ray data from observations of the Milky Way, Andromeda (M31), and the cosmic background, we calculate conservative upper limits on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section to a number of final states, over a wide range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 T. D. Jacques

It has been long discussed that cosmic rays may contain signals of dark matter. In the last couple of years an anomaly of cosmic-ray positrons has drawn a lot of attentions, and recently an excess in cosmic-ray anti-proton has been reported…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-29 Shin'ichiro Ando , Koji Ishiwata

Recently, some very tight constraints of annihilating dark matter have been obtained from gamma-ray data of the Milky Way and Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies. In this article, we report that there are two excellent galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-15 Man Ho Chan , Chung Hei Leung

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

Cosmic-ray antiprotons represent an important channel for dark matter indirect-detection studies. Current measurements of the antiproton flux at the top of the atmosphere and theoretical determinations of the secondary antiproton production…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-02 N. Fornengo , L. Maccione , A. Vittino

We consider constraints on $p$-wave dark matter in a dark matter spike surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of M87. Owing to the large mass of the black hole, and resulting large velocity dispersion for the dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-29 Katharena Christy , Jason Kumar , Pearl Sandick

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

Recent radio observations have obtained stringent constraints for annihilating dark matter. In this article, we use the radio continuum spectral data of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to analyze the dark matter annihilation signals. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-15 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee

We use recently released data on the positron-to-electron ratio in cosmic rays from the AMS-02 experiment to constrain dark matter annihilation in the Milky Way. Due to the yet unexplained positron excess, limits are generally weaker than…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-31 Joachim Kopp
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