Speaker
Dr
MATTIA DI MAURO
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Description
The existence of Dark Matter (DM) is still one of the most challenging open problem in astrophysics. Indirect detection with gamma-rays is a promising way to try detecting this mysterious component of the Universe in the contest of a Weakly Interactive Massive Particle. N-body simulations predict that DM should produce sub-halos in our Galaxy. We use the most updated simulations that include baryonic feedback to give a realist prediction for the number of DM sub-halos detectable by Fermi-LAT catalog. We calculate the flux sensitivity for the detection of halos as a function of DM mass and Galactic latitude and we apply these results to the 3FGL and 2FHL Fermi-LAT catalogs.
Primary author
Dr
MATTIA DI MAURO
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Co-authors
Fiorenza Donato
(TO)
Francesca Calore
(University of Amsterdam)
Valentina De Romeri
(IFT-UAM)
