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We present here the prospects for the GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) detection of the signature of the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP). It decays by direct annihilation into electron-positron pairs that may be detectable in the high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-21 A. A. Moiseev , E. A. Baltz , J. F. Ormes , L. G. Titarchuk

The mysterious dark matter has been a subject of special interest to high energy physicists, astrophysicists and cosmologists for many years. According to theoretical models, it can make up a significant fraction of the mass of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Moiseev , J. Ormes , H. Arrighi , E. Bloom , C. Chaput , S. Digel , D. Engovatov , J. Norris , J. Silvis

The detection of exotic cosmic rays due to pair annihilation of dark matter particles in the Milky Way halo is a viable techniques to search for supersymmetric dark matter candidates. The study of the spectrum of gamma-rays, antiprotons and…

Extra dimensions offer new ways to address long-standing problems in beyond the standard model particle physics. In some classes of extra-dimensional models, the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle is a viable dark matter candidate. In this…

The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), scheduled to be launched in Fall 2007, is a next generation high energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument on-board GLAST with a wide field of view ($>$ 2 sr),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Nuss

The excess of cosmic positrons observed by the HEAT experiment may be the result of Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilating in the galactic halo. Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilates dominantly into charged leptons that yield a large number…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Dan Hooper , Graham D. Kribs

Kaluza-Klein photon in universal extra dimension models is one of the most attractive dark matter candidates as a weakly interacting massive particle. Having a characteristic split spectrum in split universal extra dimension the relic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-01 Chuan-Ren Chen , Mihoko M. Nojiri , Seong Chan Park , Jing Shu

Kaluza-Klein dark matter is an attractive weakly interacting massive particle in universal extra dimension model. In the recent extension "split-UED", annihilation of Kaluza-Klein dark matter with a mass range 600-1000 GeV provides…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-14 Seong Chan Park , Jing Shu

Indirect detection of particle dark matter relies upon pair annihilation of Weakly Interaction Massive Particles (WIMPs), which is complementary to the well known techniques of direct detection (WIMP-nucleus scattering) and collider…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lawrence Wai , GLAST LAT Collaboration

Observations by the WMAP experiment have identified an excess of microwave emission from the center of the Milky Way. It has previously been shown that this "WMAP Haze" could be synchrotron emission from relativistic electrons and positrons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dan Hooper , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Douglas P. Finkbeiner , Gregory Dobler

A brief review of the indirect detection signatures of dark matter is given. In particular, detection methods of dark matter particle annihilation to antimatter and gamma-rays are reviewed. With the GLAST satellite soon to be launched, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lars Bergstrom

We present here the capabilities of the GLAST Large Area Telescope to detect cosmic ray high-energy (HE) electrons in the energy range from 10 GeV to 1 TeV. We also discuss the science topics that can be investigated with HE electron data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-25 Alexander A. Moiseev , Jonathan F. Ormes , Igor V. Moskalenko

We propose that cold dark matter is made of Kaluza-Klein particles and explore avenues for its detection. The lightest Kaluza-Klein state is an excellent dark matter candidate if standard model particles propagate in extra dimensions and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-09 Hsin-Chia Cheng , Jonathan L. Feng , Konstantin T. Matchev

In this paper we study the detectability of $\gamma$-rays from dark matter annihilation in the subhalos of the Milky Way by the satellite-based experiments, EGRET and GLAST. We work in the frame of supersymmetric extension of the standard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Xiao-Jun Bi

The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), scheduled to be launched in fall 2007, is the next generation satellite for high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. The Large Area Telescope (LAT), GLAST main instrument, with a wide field of view…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 E. Nuss

Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes, including HESS and MAGIC, have detected a spectrum of gamma-rays from the galactic center region which extends from $\sim$200 GeV or lower, to at least $\sim$10 TeV. Although the source of this radiation is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Gabrijela Zaharijas , Dan Hooper

In this talk, we discuss the potential for the indirect detection of Kaluza-Klein dark matter using neutrino telescopes and cosmic positron experiments. We find that future kilometer-scale neutrino telescopes, such as IceCube, as well as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 Dan Hooper

The GLAST satellite mission will study the gamma ray sky with considerably greater exposure than its predecessor EGRET. In addition, it will be capable of measuring the arrival directions of gamma rays with much greater precision. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Scott Dodelson , Dan Hooper , Pasquale D. Serpico

There is evidence for an excess in cosmic-ray electrons at about 500 GeV energy, that may be related to dark-matter annihilation. I have calculated the expected electron contributions from a pulsar and from Kaluza-Klein dark matter, based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 Martin Pohl

A TeV gamma-ray signal from the direction of the Galactic center (GC) has been detected by the H.E.S.S. experiment. Here, we investigate whether Kaluza-Klein (KK) dark matter annihilations near the GC can be the explanation. Including the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lars Bergstrom , Torsten Bringmann , Martin Eriksson , Michael Gustafsson
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