Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-12-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 8 figures; broken link in Ref.30 fixed
Scientific paper
We study the prospects for detecting gamma-rays from point sources of Dark Matter annihilation with the space satellite GLAST. We simulate the instrument response to the gamma-ray spectrum arising from the annihilation of common Dark Matter candidates, and derive full-sky sensitivity maps for the {\it detection} of point sources and for the {\it identification} of the Dark Matter (as opposed to astrophysical) origin of the gamma-ray emission. These maps represent a powerful tool to assess the detectability of point sources, i.e. sources with angular size smaller than the angular resolution of GLAST, ~ 0.1 degrees, in {\it any} DM scenario. As an example, we apply the obtained results to the so-called 'mini-spikes' scenario, where the annihilation signal originates from large Dark Matter overdensities around Intermediate Mass Black Holes. We find that if these objects exist in the Galaxy, not only GLAST should be able to detect them over a timescale as short as 2 months, but in many cases it should be possible to determine with good accuracy the mass of the annihilating Dark Matter particles, while null searches would place stringent constraints on this scenario.
Bertone Gianfranco
Bringmann Torsten
Busetto Giovanni
Morselli Aldo
Rando Riccardo
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