WISPs, WIMPs, and Gammas: Searches for New Physics with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
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Speaker: Milena Crnogorcevic
Title:WISPs, WIMPs, and Gammas: Searches for New Physics with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Abstract:In this talk, I highlight two separate campaigns of indirect dark matter and beyond-standard-model (BSM) physics searches with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). First, I discuss the sensitivity analysis using the LAT's low-energy technique to search for light axion-like particles (ALPs) from core-collapse supernovae and their likely consequent gamma-ray burst emission. Second, I focus on the current status of Fermi-LAT searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) gamma-ray annihilation signals from dwarf spheroidal galaxies. I conclude by discussing the technological innovations and methodological advancements that future gamma-ray observatories will necessitate, emphasizing their potential to provide new insights into the nature of dark matter, axions, and axion-like particles.
