2009/12/20 by V. Vitale, A. Morselli, Vitale, Vincenzo +1 · 3 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.3828
openalex publication_date 2009/12/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Galactic Center region is expected to host the largest density of Dark Matter (DM) particles within the Milky Way. Then a relatively large gamma-ray signal would be expected from the possible DM particles annihilation (or decay). We are searching for the DM gamma-ray signal from the Galactic Center, which is also rich in bright discrete gamma-ray sources. Furthermore intense diffuse gamma-ray emission due to cosmic-ray interactions with interstellar gas and radiation is detected from the same direction. A preliminary analysis of the data, taken during the first 11 months of the Fermi satellite operations, is reported. The diffuse gamma-ray backgrounds and discrete sources, as we know them today, can account for the large majority of the detected gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center. Nevertheless a residual emission is left, not accounted for by the above models. An improved model of the Galactic diffuse emission and a careful evaluation of new (possibly unresolved) sources (or source populations) will improve the sensitivity for a DM search.