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In spontaneously broken gauge theories, transition amplitudes describing dark-matter (DM) annihilation processes through a resonance may become highly inaccurate close to a production threshold, if a Breit-Wigner (BW) ansatz with a constant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-27 Mateusz Duch , Bohdan Grzadkowski , Apostolos Pilaftsis

We compare the measured angular cross-correlation between the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sky and catalogues of extra-galactic objects with the expected signal induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM). We include a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-20 Alessandro Cuoco , Jun-Qing Xia , Marco Regis , Enzo Branchini , Nicolao Fornengo , Matteo Viel

Galaxy clusters are one of the prime sites to search for dark matter (DM) annihilation signals. Depending on the substructure of the DM halo of a galaxy cluster and the cross sections for DM annihilation channels, these signals might be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-07 M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , W. B. Atwood , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. D. Bloom , R. Bonino , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , R. Caputo , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , R. Desiante , S. W. Digel , L. Di Venere , P. S. Drell , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , W. B. Focke , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , G. A. Gomez-Vargas , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , J. W. Hewitt , A. B. Hill , D. Horan , T. E. Jeltema , T. Jogler , A. S. Johnson , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , J. Li , L. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , D. Malyshev , A. Manfreda , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , V. Petrosian , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Sánchez-Conde , A. Schulz , C. Sgró , E. J. Siskind , F. Spada , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , E. Storm , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. B. Thayer , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , G. Vianello , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer , A. Pinzke

The detection of gamma-rays from dark matter (DM) annihilation is among the scientific goals of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (formerly known as GLAST) and Cherenkov telescopes. In this paper we investigate the existence of realistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Pieri , A. Pizzella , E. M. Corsini , E. Dalla Bonta' , F. Bertola

We discuss the neutrino constraints from solar and terrestrial dark matter (DM) annihilations in the inelastic dark matter (iDM) scenario after the recent CDMS II results. To reconcile the DAMA/LIBRA data with constraints from all other…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Jing Shu , Peng-fei Yin , Shou-hua Zhu

The Fermi-LAT observation of a gamma-ray excess from the galactic-centre, as well as the PAMELA, AMS, and AMS-2 anti-particle excesses, and the recent claim of a Fermi-LAT excess in the Reticulum-2 dwarf galaxy have been put forward as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-16 G. Beck , S. Colafrancesco

For many analyses in cosmology it is necessary to reconstruct the likely distribution of unobserved fields, such as dark matter or non-luminous baryons, from observed luminous tracers. The dominant approach in cosmology has been to use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Jordan Krywonos , Yurii Kvasiuk , Matthew C. Johnson , Moritz Münchmeyer

We study the prospects for detecting the annihilation products of Dark Matter [DM] in the framework of the two highest-resolution numerical simulations currently available, i.e. {\it Via Lactea II} and {\it Aquarius}. We propose a strategy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-01 Lidia Pieri , Julien Lavalle , Gianfranco Bertone , Enzo Branchini

In dark matter (DM) models, the production of a gamma line (or of a "box-shaped" gamma-ray spectrum) from DM annihilation proceeds in general from a loop diagram involving a heavy charged particle. If the charged particle in the loop…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-05 Xiaoyong Chu , Thomas Hambye , Tiziana Scarna , Michel H. G. Tytgat

The one-point function (i.e., the isotropic flux distribution) is a complementary method to (anisotropic) two-point correlations in searches for a gamma-ray dark matter annihilation signature. Using analytical models of structure formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Michael R. Feyereisen , Shin'ichiro Ando , Samuel K. Lee

We propose a dedicated analysis approach for indirect Dark Matter searches with Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes. By using the full likelihood analysis, we take complete advantage of the distinct features expected in the gamma ray spectrum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-19 Jelena Aleksic , Javier Rico , Manel Martinez

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

Dark matter (DM) annihilations have been widely studied as a possible explanation of excess gamma rays from the galactic center seen by Fermi/LAT. However most such models are in conflict with constraints from dwarf spheroidals. Motivated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-22 Jeremie Choquette , James M. Cline , Jonathan M. Cornell

We investigate the constraints on the Inert Doublet Model (IDM), a minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics featuring a scalar dark matter candidate, using data from recent and future gamma-ray observatories. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-19 Lucca Radicce Justino , Clarissa Siqueira , Aion Viana

The density spike of dark matter (DM) in the subparsec region near the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center can provide potentially observable gamma-ray signals coming from DM annihilations. Taking Fermi-$LAT$ data for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-08 Pearl Sandick , Kuver Sinha , Takahiro Yamamoto

We present Dark from Light (DfL) - a novel method to infer the dark sector in wide-field galaxy surveys, leveraging a machine learning approach trained on contemporary cosmological simulations. The aim of this algorithm is to provide a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Asa F. L. Bluck , Joanna M. Piotrowska , Paul Goubert , Roberto Maiolino , Camilo Casimiro , Thomas Pinto Franco , Nicolas Cea

Galaxy clusters are promising targets for indirect dark matter searches. Gamma-ray signatures from the decay or annihilation of dark matter particles inside these clusters could be observable with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Based…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Xiaoyuan Huang , Gilles Vertongen , Christoph Weniger

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

Generative deep learning methods built upon Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) provide a great tool for predicting non-linear structure in cosmology. In this work we predict high resolution dark matter halos from large scale, low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-25 David Schaurecker , Yin Li , Jeremy Tinker , Shirley Ho , Alexandre Refregier

Dwarf galaxies represent a powerful probe of annihilating dark matter particle models, with gamma-ray data setting some of the best bounds available. A major issue in improving over existing constraints consists in the limited knowledge of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 Francesca Calore , Pasquale D. Serpico , Bryan Zaldivar