Published November 1, 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for features in the cosmic-ray electron and positron spectrum measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

  • 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/10.1088/1742-6596/1390/1/012062

Additional details

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)

Optional Information

Collaborations
Fermi LAT Collaboration