Testing astroparticle physics with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Aldo Morselli (on behalf of the Fermi LAT collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper discusses how the Fermi Large Area Telescope's gamma-ray and electron/positron observations are used to perform sensitive indirect searches for dark matter, providing new experimental insights into its properties.
Contribution
It presents the latest results from Fermi LAT data analysis aimed at detecting dark matter through indirect methods.
Findings
Detection of gamma rays and electrons/positrons relevant to dark matter searches
Enhanced sensitivity in indirect dark matter detection
New constraints on dark matter properties
Abstract
Our understanding of the Universe today includes overwhelming observational evidence for the existence of an elusive form of matter that is generally referred to as dark. Although many theories have been developed to describe its nature, very little is actually known about its properties. Since its launch in 2008, the Large Area Telescope, onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has detected by far the greatest number ever of gamma rays, in the 20MeV 300GeV energy range and electrons + positrons in the 7 GeV- 1 TeV range. This impressive statistics allows one to perform a very sensitive indirect experimental search for dark matter. I will present the latest results on these searches.
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