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Indirect dark matter detection limits from the ultrafaint Milky Way satellite Segue 1

  • Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • Yale University
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington

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Abstract

We use new kinematic data from the ultrafaint Milky Way satellite Segue 1 to model its dark matter distribution and derive upper limits on the dark matter annihilation cross section. Using gamma-ray flux upper limits from the Fermi satellite and MAGIC, we determine cross section exclusion regions for dark matter annihilation into a variety of different particles including charged leptons. We show that these exclusion regions are beginning to probe the regions of interest for a dark matter interpretation of the electron and positron fluxes from PAMELA, Fermi, and HESS, and that future observations of Segue 1 have strong prospects for testing such an interpretation. We additionally discuss prospects for detecting annihilation with neutrinos using the IceCube detector, finding that in an optimistic scenario a few neutrino events may be detected. Finally, we use the kinematic data to model the Segue 1 dark matter velocity dispersion and constrain Sommerfeld enhanced models.

Original languageEnglish
Article number123503
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume82
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2010

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