2020Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyOpen access

Addressing γ-ray emissions from dark matter annihilations in 45 Milky Way satellite galaxies and in extragalactic sources with particle dark matter models

Ashadul Halder, Shibaji Banerjee, Madhurima Pandey, Debasish Majumdar

Open full text 8 citations

Abstract

ABSTRACT The mass-to-luminosity ratio of the dwarf satellite galaxies in the Milky Way suggests that these dwarf galaxies may contain substantial dark matter. The dark matter at the dense region such as within or at the vicinity of the centres of these dwarf galaxies may undergo the process of self-annihilation and produce γ-rays as the end product. The satellite borne γ-ray telescope such as Fermi-LAT reported the detection of γ-rays from around 45 Dwarf Spheroidals (dSphs) of Milky Way. In this work, we consider particle dark matter models described in the literature and after studying their phenomenologies, we calculate the γ-ray fluxes from the self-annihilation of the dark matter within the framework of these models in case of each of these 45 dSphs. We then compare the computed results with the observational upper bounds for γ-ray flux reported by Fermi-LAT and Dark Energy Survey for each of the 45 dSphs. The fluxes are calculated by adopting different dark matter density profiles. We then extend similar analysis for the observational upper bounds given by Fermi-LAT for the continuum γ-ray fluxes originating from extragalactic sources.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

ABSTRACT The mass-to-luminosity ratio of the dwarf satellite galaxies in the Milky Way suggests that these dwarf galaxies may contain substantial dark matter. The dark matter at the dense region such as within or at the vicinity of the centres of these dwarf galaxies may undergo the process of self-annihilation and produce γ-rays as the end product. The satellite borne γ-ray telescope such as Fermi-LAT reported the detection of γ-rays from around 45 Dwarf Spheroidals (dSphs) of Milky Way. In this work, we consider particle dark matter models described in the literature and after studying their phenomenologies, we calculate the γ-ray fluxes from the self-annihilation of the dark matter within the framework of these models in case of each of these 45 dSphs. We then compare the computed results with the observational upper bounds for γ-ray flux reported by Fermi-LAT and Dark Energy Survey for each of the 45 dSphs. The fluxes are calculated by adopting different dark matter density profiles. We then extend similar analysis for the observational upper bounds given by Fermi-LAT for the continuum γ-ray fluxes originating from extragalactic sources.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 8 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

ABSTRACT The mass-to-luminosity ratio of the dwarf satellite galaxies in the Milky Way suggests that these dwarf galaxies may contain substantial dark matter. The dark matter at the dense region such as within or at the vicinity of the centres of these dwarf galaxies may undergo the process of self-annihilation and produce γ-rays as the end product. The satellite borne γ-ray telescope such as Fermi-LAT reported the detection of γ-rays from around 45 Dwarf Spheroidals (dSphs) of Milky Way. In this work, we consider particle dark matter models described in the literature and after studying their phenomenologies, we calculate the γ-ray fluxes from the self-annihilation of the dark matter within the framework of these models in case of each of these 45 dSphs. We then compare the computed results with the observational upper bounds for γ-ray flux reported by Fermi-LAT and Dark Energy Survey for each of the 45 dSphs. The fluxes are calculated by adopting different dark matter density profiles. We then extend similar analysis for the observational upper bounds given by Fermi-LAT for the continuum γ-ray fluxes originating from extragalactic sources.

Key concepts: Physics, Dwarf galaxy problem, Milky Way, Astrophysics, Dark matter, Dwarf galaxy, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astronomy

Related papers

Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Addressing γ-ray emissions from dark matter annihilations in 45 Milky Way satellite galaxies and in extragalactic sources with particle dark matter models — Research Paper | ScholarLens