New dark matter analysis of Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies with MADHATv2

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Main Authors: Boddy, Kimberly K., Carter, Zachary J., Kumar, Jason, Rufino, Luis, Sandick, Pearl, Tapia-Arellano, Natalia
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Published: 2024
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author Boddy, Kimberly K.
Carter, Zachary J.
Kumar, Jason
Rufino, Luis
Sandick, Pearl
Tapia-Arellano, Natalia
author_facet Boddy, Kimberly K.
Carter, Zachary J.
Kumar, Jason
Rufino, Luis
Sandick, Pearl
Tapia-Arellano, Natalia
contents We obtain bounds on dark matter annihilation using 14 years of publicly available Fermi-LAT data from a set of 54 dwarf spheroidal galaxies, using spectral information from 16 energy bins. We perform this analysis using our updated and publicly available code MADHATv2, which can be used to test a variety of models for dark matter particle physics and astrophysics in an accessible manner. In particular, we note that including Carina III in the analysis strengthens constraints on $s$-wave annihilation into two-body Standard Model final states by a factor of $\sim 3$ but broadens the error on the constraint due to the large uncertainty of its $J$-factor. Our findings illustrate the importance of verifying if Carina III is in fact a dwarf spheroidal galaxy and measuring more precisely its $J$-factor. More generally, they highlight the significance of forthcoming discoveries of nearby ultra-faint dwarfs for dark matter indirect detection.
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spellingShingle New dark matter analysis of Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies with MADHATv2
Boddy, Kimberly K.
Carter, Zachary J.
Kumar, Jason
Rufino, Luis
Sandick, Pearl
Tapia-Arellano, Natalia
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We obtain bounds on dark matter annihilation using 14 years of publicly available Fermi-LAT data from a set of 54 dwarf spheroidal galaxies, using spectral information from 16 energy bins. We perform this analysis using our updated and publicly available code MADHATv2, which can be used to test a variety of models for dark matter particle physics and astrophysics in an accessible manner. In particular, we note that including Carina III in the analysis strengthens constraints on $s$-wave annihilation into two-body Standard Model final states by a factor of $\sim 3$ but broadens the error on the constraint due to the large uncertainty of its $J$-factor. Our findings illustrate the importance of verifying if Carina III is in fact a dwarf spheroidal galaxy and measuring more precisely its $J$-factor. More generally, they highlight the significance of forthcoming discoveries of nearby ultra-faint dwarfs for dark matter indirect detection.
title New dark matter analysis of Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies with MADHATv2
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05327