Local Group dSph radio survey with ATCA (III): Constraints on particle dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Regis, Marco ^a,b   Colafrancesco, Sergio ^c   Profumo, Stefano ^d,e   De Blok, W J G ^f,g,h   Massardi, Marcella ⁱ   Richter, Laura ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^f ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^j SKA SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

dark matter experiments; dark matter theory; dwarfs galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907938936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/016     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. E.W. Kolb and M.S. Turner, 1990 The Early Universe Front. Phys. 69 1
2. G. Bertone, 2010 Particle dark matter: observations, models and searches, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge U.K., pg. 1-738
3. M. Regis and P. Ullio, 2008 Multi-wavelength signals of dark matter annihilations at the Galactic center, Phys. Rev. D 78 043505 [0802.0234]
4. S. Colafrancesco, S. Profumo and P. Ullio, 2007 Detecting dark matter WIMPs in the Draco dwarf: A multi-wavelength perspective, Phys. Rev. D 75 023513 [astro-ph/0607073]
5. A.W. McConnachie, The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group, [1204.1562]
6. J. Grcevich and M.E. Putman, 2009 HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies and Stripping by the Galactic Halo, Astrophys. J. 696 385 [Erratum ibid 721 (2010) 922] [0901.4975]
7. Fermi-LAT collaboration, M. Ackermann et al., 2014 Dark matter constraints from observations of 25 Milky Way satellite galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope, Phys. Rev. D 89 042001 [1310.0828]
8. Fermi-LAT collaboration, A.A. Abdo et al., 2010 Observations of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal galaxies with the Fermi-LAT detector and constraints on Dark Matter models, Astrophys. J. 712 147 [1001.4531]
9. Fermi-LAT collaboration, M. Ackermann et al., 2011 Constraining Dark Matter Models from a Combined Analysis of Milky Way Satellites with the Fermi Large Area Telescope, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 241302 [1108.3546]
10. M. Wood, G. Blaylock, S.M. Bradbury, J.H. Buckley, K.L. Byrum et al., 2008 A Search for Dark Matter Annihilation with the Whipple 10m Telescope, Astrophys. J. 678 594 [0801.1708]
11. MAGIC collaboration, J. Albert et al., 2008 Upper limit for gamma-ray emission above 140-GeV from the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Draco, Astrophys. J. 679 428 [0711.2574]
12. MAGIC collaboration, E. Aliu et al., 2009 Upper limits on the VHE gamma-ray emission from the Willman 1 satellite galaxy with the MAGIC Telescope, Astrophys. J. 697 1299 [0810.3561]
13. MAGIC collaboration, J. Aleksic et al., 2011 Searches for Dark Matter annihilation signatures in the Segue 1 satellite galaxy with the MAGIC-I telescope J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2011 06 035 [1103.0477]
14. J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L.A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, A. Babic et al., 2014 Optimized dark matter searches in deep observations of Segue 1 with MAGIC J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2014 02 008 [1312.1535]
15. VERITAS collaboration, V.A. Acciari et al., 2010 VERITAS Search for VHE Gamma-ray Emission from Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, Astrophys. J. 720 1174 [1006.5955]
16. VERITAS collaboration, E. Aliu et al., 2012 VERITAS Deep Observations of the Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Segue 1, Phys. Rev. D 85 062001 [1202.2144]
17. HESS collaboration, F. Aharonian et al., 2008 Observations of the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy by the H.E.S.S. experiment and search for a Dark Matter signal, Astropart. Phys. 29 55 [Erratum ibid 33 (2010) 274] [0711.2369]
18. HESS collaboration, F. Aharonian et al., 2009 A search for a dark matter annihilation signal towards the Canis Major overdensity with H.E.S.S, Astrophys. J. 691 175 [0809.3894]
19. HESS collaboration, A. Abramowski et al., 2011 H.E.S.S. constraints on Dark Matter annihilations towards the Sculptor and Carina Dwarf Galaxies, Astropart. Phys. 34 608 [1012.5602]
20. T. Bringmann, M. Doro and M. Fornasa, 2009 Dark Matter signals from Draco and Willman 1: Prospects for MAGIC II and CTA J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2009 01 016 [0809.2269]
21. R. Essig, N. Sehgal and L.E. Strigari, 2009 Bounds on Cross-sections and Lifetimes for Dark Matter Annihilation and Decay into Charged Leptons from Gamma-ray Observations of Dwarf Galaxies, Phys. Rev. D 80 023506 [0902.4750]
22. P. Scott, J. Conrad, J. Edsjo, L. Bergstrom, C. Farnier et al., 2010 Direct Constraints on Minimal Supersymmetry from Fermi-LAT Observations of the Dwarf Galaxy Segue 1 J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2010 01 031 [0909.3300]
23. M. Perelstein and B. Shakya, 2010 Dark Matter Identification with Gamma Rays from Dwarf Galaxies J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2010 10 016 [1007.0018]
24. R. Essig, N. Sehgal, L.E. Strigari, M. Geha and J.D. Simon, 2010 Indirect Dark Matter Detection Limits from the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Segue 1, Phys. Rev. D 82 123503 [1007.4199]
25. A. Charbonnier, C. Combet, M. Daniel, S. Funk, J.A. Hinton et al., 2011 Dark matter profiles and annihilation in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: prospectives for present and future gamma-ray observatories - I. The classical dSphs, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 418 1526 [1104.0412]
26. M.G. Walker, C. Combet, J.A. Hinton, D. Maurin and M.I. Wilkinson, 2011 Dark matter in the classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: a robust constraint on the astrophysical factor for gamma-ray flux calculations, Astrophys. J. 733 L46 [1104.0411]
27. A. Geringer-Sameth and S.M. Koushiappas, 2011 Exclusion of canonical WIMPs by the joint analysis of Milky Way dwarfs with Fermi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 241303 [1108.2914]
28. I. Cholis and P. Salucci, 2012 Extracting limits on Dark Matter annihilation from gamma-ray observations towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies, Phys. Rev. D 86 023528 [1203.2954]
29. A. Calvez, W. Essey, M. Fairbairn, A. Kusenko and M. Loewenstein, 2011 On the use of X-ray and γ-ray telescopes for identifying the origin of electrons and positrons observed by ATIC, Fermi, and PAMELA, Astropart. Phys. 35 185 [1003.1113]
30. T.E. Jeltema and S. Profumo, Dark Matter Detection with Hard X-ray Telescopes, [1108.1407]
31. T.E. Jeltema and S. Profumo, Searching for Dark Matter with X-ray Observations of Local Dwarf Galaxies, [0805.1054]
32. K. Spekkens, B.S. Mason, J.E. Aguirre and B. Nhan, 2013 A Deep Search for Extended Radio Continuum Emission From Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: Implications for Particle Dark Matter, Astrophys. J. 773 61 [1301.5306]
33. A. Natarajan, J.B. Peterson, T.C. Voytek, K. Spekkens, B. Mason et al., 2013 Bounds on Dark Matter Properties from Radio Observations of Ursa Major II using the Green Bank Telescope, Phys. Rev. D 88 083535 [1308.4979]
34. M. Regis, L. Richter, S. Colafrancesco, M. Massardi, W.J.G. de Blok et al., Local Group dSph radio survey with ATCA (I): observations and background sources, [1407.5479] (Paper I)
35. M. Regis, L. Richter, S. Colafrancesco, S. Profumo, W.J.G. de Blok et al., Local Group dSph radio survey with ATCA (II): non-thermal diffuse emission, [1407.5482] (Paper II)
36. R.J. Sault, P.J. Teuben and M.C.H. Wright, 1995 A Retrospective View of MIRIAD, in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IV ASP Conf. Ser. 77 433 [astro-ph/0612759]
37. E.L. Lokas, S.R. Majewski, S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, J.L. Carlin et al., 2012 The shapes of Milky Way satellites: looking for signatures of tidal stirring, Astrophys. J. 751 61 [1112.5336]
38. E.L. Lokas, 2001 Velocity dispersions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: dark matter versus mond, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 327 L21 [astro-ph/0107479]
39. G.D. Martinez, A Robust Determination of Milky Way Satellite Properties using Hierarchical Mass Modeling, [1309.2641]
40. S.M. Walsh, H. Jerjen and B. Willman, 2007 A Pair of Bootes: A New Milky Way Satellite, Astrophys. J. 662 L83 [0705.1378]
41. S.M. Walsh, B. Willman, D. Sand, J. Harris, A. Seth et al., Bootes II ReBooted: An MMT/MegaCam Study of An Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite, [0712.3054]
42. A. Koch, M.I. Wilkinson, J.T. Kleyna, M. Irwin, D.B. Zucker et al., 2009 A spectroscopic confirmation of the Bootes II dwarf spheroidal, Astrophys. J. 690 453 [0809.0700]
43. N.F. Martin, J.T.A. de Jong and H.-W. Rix, 2008 A comprehensive Maximum Likelihood analysis of the structural properties of faint Milky Way satellites, Astrophys. J. 684 1075 [0805.2945]
44. K.T. Chyzy, M. Wezgowiec, R. Beck and D.J. Bomans, Magnetic fields in Local Group dwarf irregulars, [1101.4647]
45. C.J. Cesarsky, 1980 Cosmic Ray Confinement in the Galaxy, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 18 289
46. A.X. Gonzalez-Morales, S. Profumo and F.S. Queiroz, The Effect of Black Holes in Local Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies on Gamma-Ray Constraints on Dark Matter Annihilation, [1406.2424]
47. S. Colafrancesco, M. Regis, H. Zechlin et al., 2014 Unveiling the nature of Dark Matter with the SKA, in SKA Science Book, in press
48. A. Ibarra, D. Tran and C. Weniger, 2010 Decaying Dark Matter in Light of the PAMELA and Fermi LAT Data J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2010 01 009 [0906.1571]
49. Dark Energy Survey collaboration, T. Abbott et al., The dark energy survey, [astro-ph/0510346]
50. S.C. Keller, B.P. Schmidt, M.S. Bessell, P.G. Conroy, P. Francis et al., 2007 SkyMapper and the Southern Sky Survey, Publ. Astron. Soc. Austral. 24 1 [astro-ph/0702511]
51. LSST Science and LSST Project collaborations, P.A. Abell et al., LSST Science Book, Version 2.0, [0912.0201]
52. S. Colafrancesco and B. Mele, 2001 Neutralinos and the origin of radio halos in clusters of galaxies, Astrophys. J. 562 24 [astro-ph/0008127]
53. C.L. Carilli and S. Rawlings, 2004 Motivation, key science projects, standards and assumptions, New Astron. Rev. 48 979 [astro-ph/0409274]