2012/10/19 by A. Drlica-Wagner, Drlica-Wagner, Alex
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Scientific Research and Discoveries
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1210.5558
openalex publication_date 2012/10/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Due to a large mass-to-light ratio and low astrophysical backgrounds, dwarf\nspheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are considered to be one of the most promising\ntargets for dark matter searches via gamma rays. The Fermi LAT Collaboration\nhas recently reported robust constraints on the dark matter annihilation cross\nsection from a combined analysis of 10 dSphs. These constraints have been\napplied to experimentally valid, super-symmetric particle models derived from a\nphenomenological scan of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (the pMSSM).\nAdditionally, the LAT Collaboration has searched for spatially extended,\nhard-spectrum gamma-ray sources lacking counterparts in other wavelengths,\nsince they may be associated with dark matter substructures predicted from\nsimulations.\n