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We reconsider the proposal of excited dark matter (DM) as an explanation for excess 511 keV gamma rays from positrons in the galactic center. We quantitatively compute the cross section for DM annihilation to nearby excited states, mediated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Fang Chen , James M. Cline , Anthony Fradette , Andrew R. Frey , Charles Rabideau

We discuss the possibility of identification of point-like gamma-ray sources (PGS) with small scale dark matter (DM) clumps in our Galaxy. Gamma-rays are supposed to originate from annihilation of DM particles in the clumps, where…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-04-09 K. M. Belotsky , A. A. Kirillov , M. Yu. Khlopov

In the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), all singlet-dominated particles including one neutralino, one CP-odd Higgs boson and one CP-even Higgs boson can be simultaneously lighter than about 100 GeV. Consequently, dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-26 Junjie Cao , Liangliang Shang , Peiwen Wu , Jin Min Yang , Yang Zhang

We perform a composite likelihood analysis of subdivided regions within the central $26^\circ\times20^\circ$ of the Milky Way, with the aim of characterizing the spectrum of the gamma-ray galactic center excess in regions of varying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-30 Shunsaku Horiuchi , Manoj Kaplinghat , Anna Kwa

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

With the Fermi-LAT data quite a few research groups have reported a spatially extended GeV $\gamma$-ray excess surrounding the Galactic Center (GC). The physical origin of such a GeV excess is still unclear and one interesting possibility…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-22 Ming-Yang Cui , Cun Zhang , Hong-Shi Zong

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 center of the Milky Way is a prime site to search for signals of dark matter (DM) annihilation due to its proximity and expected high concentration of DM. The amplification of the dispersion velocity of DM particles in the Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-25 Alessandro Montanari , Oscar Macias , Emmanuel Moulin

We examine the possibility that the dark matter (DM) interpretation of the GeV scale Fermi gamma-ray excess at the Galactic Center can be realized in a specific framework - secluded singlet fermionic dark matter model with small mixing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-29 Yeong Gyun Kim , Kang Young Lee , Chan Beom Park , Seodong Shin

The Galactic Center excess (GCE) of GeV $\gamma$ rays may hint at dark matter (DM), yet its origin remains debated. Motivated by this, we survey weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) models that can fit the GCE while satisfying…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-07 Chuiyang Kong , Mattia Di Mauro

The direct measurements of the cosmic electron-positron spectrum around 1 TeV made by DAMPE have induced many theoretical speculations about possible excesses in the data above the standard astrophysical predictions that might have the dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-01 Konstantin Belotsky , Airat Kamaletdinov , Maxim Laletin , Maxim Solovyov

This study reanalyzes the detection prospects of dark matter (DM) annihilation signals in the Galactic Center, focusing on velocity-dependent dynamics within a spike density near the supermassive black hole (Sgr~A$^{\star}$). We investigate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-25 MeiWen Yang , Zhi-Qi Guo , Xiao-Yi Luo , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Zi-Qing Xia , Chih-Ting Lu , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Yi-Zhong Fan

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

Millisecond pulsars have been discussed as a possible source of the gamma-ray excess observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center. With this in mind, we use the observed population of bright low-mass X-ray binaries to estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-01 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The Galactic Center Excess (GCE) is an extended gamma-ray source in the central region of the Galaxy found in Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) data. One of the leading explanations for the GCE is an unresolved population of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-15 Harrison Ploeg , Chris Gordon , Roland Crocker , Oscar Macias

We search for spectral features in Fermi-LAT gamma-rays coming from regions corresponding to eighteen brightest nearby galaxy clusters determined by the magnitude of their signal line-of-site integrals. We observe a double peak-like excess…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Andi Hektor , Martti Raidal , Elmo Tempel

An excess of gamma rays at GeV energies has been pointed out in the Fermi-LAT data. This signal comes from a narrow region centred around the Galactic center and has been interpreted as possible evidence for light dark matter particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-13 Thomas Lacroix , Celine Boehm , Joseph Silk

The minimal supersymmetric setup offers a comprehensive framework to interpret the Fermi LAT Galactic center excess. Taking into account experimental, theoretical, and astrophysical uncertainties we can identify valid parameter regions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-06 Anja Butter , Simona Murgia , Tilman Plehn , Tim M. P. Tait

The "GeV-excess" of the diffuse gamma-rays in the halo is studied with a template fit based on energy spectra for each possible process of gamma-ray emission. Such a fit allows to determine the background and signal simultaneously, so the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-28 Wim de Boer , Iris Gebauer , Alexander Neumann , Peter L. Biermann

The analysis of the gamma-ray photons collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope reveals, after removal of astrophysical background, the existence of an excess towards the Galactic center. This excess peaks around few GeV, and its origin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Wei-Chih Huang , Alfredo Urbano , Wei Xue