Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation from Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with Six Years of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2015, Pages

  Ackermann, M ^a   Albert, A ^b   Anderson, B ^c,d   Atwood, W B ^e   Baldini, L ^b,f   Barbiellini, G ^g,h   Bastieri, D ^i,j   Bechtol, K ^k   Bellazzini, R ^l   Bissaldi, E ^m   Blandford, R D ^b   Bloom, E D ^b   Bonino, R ^n,o   Bottacini, E ^b   Brandt, T J ^p   Bregeon, J ^q   Bruel, P ^r   Buehler, R ^a   Caliandro, G A ^b,s   Cameron, R A ^b   Caputo, R ^e   Caragiulo, M ^m   Caraveo, P A ^t   Cecchi, C ^u,v   Charles, E ^b   Chekhtman, A ^w,bc   Chiang, J ^b   Chiaro, G ^j   Ciprini, S ^u,x,y   Claus, R ^b   Cohen Tanugi, J ^q   Conrad, J ^c,d,z   Cuoco, A ^n,o   Cutini, S ^u,x,y   D'Ammando, F ^aa,ab   De Angelis, A ^ac   De Palma, F ^m,ad   Desiante, R ^n,ac   Digel, S W ^b   Di Venere, L ^ae   Drell, P S ^b   Drlica Wagner, A ^af   Essig, R ^ag   Favuzzi, C ^m,ae   Fegan, S J ^r   Ferrara, E C ^p   Focke, W B ^b   Franckowiak, A ^b   Fukazawa, Y ^ah   Funk, S ^ai   Fusco, P ^m,ae   Gargano, F ^m   Gasparrini, D ^u,x,y   Giglietto, N ^m,ae   Giordano, F ^m,ae   Giroletti, M ^aa   Glanzman, T ^b   Godfrey, G ^b   Gomez Vargas, G A ^aj,ak   Grenier, I A ^al   Guiriec, S ^p,am   Gustafsson, M ^an   Hays, E ^p   Hewitt, J W ^ao   Horan, D ^r   Jogler, T ^b   Johannesson G ^ap   Kuss, M ^l   Larsson, S ^d,aq   Latronico, L ⁿ   Li, J ^ar   Li, L ^d,aq   Llena Garde, M ^c,d   Longo, F ^g,h   Loparco, F ^m,ae   Lubrano, P ^u,v   Malyshev, D ^b   Mayer, M ^a   Mazziotta, M N ^m   McEnery, J E ^p,as   Meyer, M ^c,d   Michelson, P F ^b   Mizuno, T ^ah   Moiseev, A A ^p,as   Monzani, M E ^b   Morselli, A ^aj   Murgia, S ^at   Nuss, E ^q   Ohsugi, T ^ah   Orienti, M ^aa   Orlando, E ^b   Ormes, J F ^au   Paneque, D ^b,av   Perkins, J S ^p   Pesce Rollins, M ^b,l   Piron, F ^q   Pivato, G ^l   Porter, T A ^b   Raino S ^m,ae   Rando, R ^i,j   Razzano, M ^l   Reimer, A ^b,aw   Reimer, O ^b,aw   Ritz, S ^e   Sanchez Conde M ^c,d   Schulz, A ^a   Sehgal, N ^ag   Sgro C ^l   Siskind, E J ^ax   Spada, F ^l   Spandre, G ^l   Spinelli, P ^m,ae   Strigari, L ^ay   Tajima, H ^b,az   Takahashi, H ^ah   Thayer, J B ^b   Tibaldo, L ^b   Torres, D F ^ar,ba   Troja, E ^p,as   Vianello, G ^b   Werner, M ^aw   Winer, B L ^bb   Wood, K S ^bc   Wood, M ^b   Zaharijas, G ^h,bd   Zimmer, S ^c,d   more..

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

ⁿ SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^r LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^s Sezione di Perugia ^*  (Italy)

^t INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^u INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^w GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^y INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^z Wallenberg Academy Fellow   (Italy)

^aa INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITÀ TELEMATICA PEGASO   (Italy)

^ae POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^af FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^ag STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^aj INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ak PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^al CEA SACLAY   (France)

^am NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^aq ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^ar CSIC   (Spain)

^as UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^au UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^av MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^aw INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ax NYCB REAL TIME COMPUTING INC   (United States)

^ay TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^az NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ba INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^bb OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bc NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMIONS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; TELESCOPES;

ANNIHILATION CROSS SECTIONS; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DARK MATTER; GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS; LARGE AREA TELESCOPES; MILKY WAYS; UPPER LIMITS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84949659887     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.231301     Document Type: Article

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