A search for possible dark matter subhalos as IACT targets in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog

Autor:	Nieto, D., Martínez, V., Mirabal, N., Barrio, J. A., Satalecka, K., Pardo, S., Lozano, I.
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	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. Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, 2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4744 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv