Dark Matter Indirect Detection with Gamma Rays

Patrick Harding, J.

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/866/1/012007

Title: Dark Matter Indirect Detection with Gamma Rays

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Searches for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter with gamma-ray instruments are a way to get a unique observational handle on the particle nature of dark matter. I will discuss the details of how to perform these searches, both for annihilating and decaying WIMPs. I will discuss the calculation of the gamma-ray flux from possible sources of dark matter annihilation or decay and show examples of limits which have been calculated using these techniques.

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Patrick Harding, J. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1374337

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-26140
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 866; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  title        = {Dark Matter Indirect Detection with Gamma Rays},

  author       = {Patrick Harding, J.},

  abstractNote = {Searches for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter with gamma-ray instruments are a way to get a unique observational handle on the particle nature of dark matter. I will discuss the details of how to perform these searches, both for annihilating and decaying WIMPs. I will discuss the calculation of the gamma-ray flux from possible sources of dark matter annihilation or decay and show examples of limits which have been calculated using these techniques.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},

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  volume       = 866,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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