2005/10/31 by Xiao-Jun Bi
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.02.007
published as Nucl.Phys.B741:83-107,2006 · 34 pages, 10 figures, 1 table; discussion on mSUGRA model is added, references are added
arxiv created 2006/01/10 · openalex publication_date 2006/02/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
High resolution simulations reveal that in the cold dark matter scenario the structures form hierarchically and a large number of substructures survive in the galactic halos. The substructures can be probed if they emit gamma rays via dark matter annihilation. We calculated the gamma ray fluxes from the dark matter annihilations in the substructures of our Galaxy within the frame of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model. The uncertainties of the prediction from both the low energy supersymmetry and especially from the density profiles of dark matter in the substructures are carefully investigated. The cumulative number of substructures emitting gamma rays above any given flux is calculated. Detectability of the gamma rays from the substructures is discussed. We propose the viability to detect these signals through the ground large field of view detectors.