Search for features in the cosmic-ray electron and positron spectrum measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Creators
- 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, via Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
Description
Over its ten years of mission the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has collected the largest ever sample of high-energy cosmic-ray electron and positron events. Possible features in their energy spectrum could be a signature of the presence of nearby astrophysical sources or of more exotic sources, such as annihilation or decay of dark matter (DM) particles in the Galaxy. We will present the results of the search for possible delta-like line features in the cosmic-ray electron and positron spectrum. We will also present the results of the search for possible features originating from DM particles annihilating into electron-positron pairs. We are able to set constraints on DM masses up to 1.7TeV/c2 and exclude the thermal value of the relic annihilation cross section for DM candidates lighter than 150 GeV/c2. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1390/1/012062Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 1390
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [6 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics
- Acronym
- ICPPA-2018
- Dates
- 22-26 Oct 2018
- Place
- Moscow (Russian Federation)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 53062702
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RADIATION; CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY SPECTRA; GALAXIES; GAMMA RADIATION; GEV RANGE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARTICLE DECAY; POSITRONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Collaborations
- Fermi LAT Collaboration