A search for possible dark matter subhalos as IACT targets in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog
dc.contributor.advisor | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
dc.contributor.advisor | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST) / Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences & Technology II (CRSST II) | |
dc.contributor.author | Nieto, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martínez, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mirabal, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Barrio, J. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Satalecka, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pardo, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lozano, I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-03T17:17:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-03T17:17:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-10-21 | |
dc.description | 2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | We present a systematic search for potential dark matter subhalos in our Galaxy among the 630 unassociated sources included in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog. Assuming a hypothetical dark matter particle that could generate observable gamma-ray photons beyond the Fermi energy range through self-annihilation, we look for reasonable targets for ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes at energies E > 100 GeV. In order to narrow the origin of these enigmatic sources, we look for their possible counterparts in other wavelengths including X-ray, radio, and optical spectroscopy. We find that the synergy between Fermi and Cherenkov telescopes, along with multiwavelength observations, could play a key role in indirect searches for dark matter. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research has made use of data and/or software provided by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) and the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC). We acknowledge the Via Lactea II project and its authors for Figure 1. The authors thank the UCM-GAE members for fruitful discussions and comments. The authors acknowledge the support of the Spanish MICINN ConsoliderIngenio MULTIDARK CSD2009-00064. N.M. gratefully acknowledges support from the Spanish MICINN through a Ram´on y Cajal fellowship. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4744 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 4 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | conference papers and proceedings preprints | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m296xa-is2u | |
dc.identifier.citation | D. Nieto, V. Martínez, N. Mirabal, J. A. Barrio, K. Satalecka, S. Pardo and I. Lozano, A search for possible dark matter subhalos as IACT targets in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog, https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4744 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19582 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
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dc.title | A search for possible dark matter subhalos as IACT targets in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |