Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-01-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
To appear in the proceedings of the 8th UCLA Dark Matter Symposium, Marina del Rey, USA, 20-22 February 2008
Scientific paper
At present, dwarf spheroidal galaxies satellites of the Milky Way may represent the best astrophysical objects for dark matter (DM) searches with gamma-ray telescopes. They present the highest mass-to-light ratios known in the Universe. Furthermore, many of them are near enough from the Earth to be able to yield high predicted DM annihilation fluxes that might be observed by current gamma-ray instruments like MAGIC. The picture has become even better with the recent discovery of new dwarfs. These new objects are expected to yield even higher DM annihilation fluxes, since most of them are nearer than the previously known dwarfs and are even more DM dominated systems. Here a tentative list of the best candidates is given. The observational results obtained with MAGIC from the Draco dwarf as well as the observation of other dwarfs carried out by other Cherenkov telescopes are presented as well. Finally, we discuss the detection prospects of such kind of objects in the context of DM searches.
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Sanchez-Conde Miguel A.
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