Dark matter detection in gamma astroparticle experiments

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2005-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503535v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 3 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium ''Frontiers of Fundamental and Compu

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The content of matter in the Universe is estimated to be the 27% of its critical density. It is almost universally accepted that most ot this matter is non-baryonic. Constraints from primordial nucleosynthesis and cosmic background radiation measurements impose that the baryonic content of the Universe cannot exceed the 4% of the critical density, so the nature of the remaining 23% has yet to be identi ed. In this sense, one of the most promising candidates is represented by supersymmetric neutralinos. If they exist, they give rise to relic densities in the required range, and are very well motivated in the framework of theoretical extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In addition to direct neutralino searches and collider experiments, neutralino annihilation into gamma rays, neutrinos and synchrotron emission from the charged products represents a reliable way of detecting these intriguing particles. The strongest signals are expected to come from the Galactic Center and from the nearest dwarf spheroidals. Clumps of dark matter in galactic haloes are well predicted by high resolution cold dark matter numerical simulations. In this work we present our studies on the gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center and from the Draco dwarf spheroidal. We investigate the e ect of clumpiness on the detection of signals from neutalinos for di erent mass density pro les. One of the scienti c goals of the MAGIC telescope are just searches for the stable lightest supersymmetric particle in the di erent physical scenarios in which they are produed. Assuming MAGIC speci cations, we draw some conclusions about the potentialities of this telescope in such a kind of investigation.

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