PIRSA:09060056

Observation of the high-energy cosmic-ray electron spectrum with Fermi and implications for dark matter scenarios

Baldini, L. (2009). Observation of the high-energy cosmic-ray electron spectrum with Fermi and implications for dark matter scenarios. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09060056

Baldini, Luca. Observation of the high-energy cosmic-ray electron spectrum with Fermi and implications for dark matter scenarios. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 11, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09060056 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09060056,
            doi = {10.48660/09060056},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09060056},
            author = {Baldini, Luca},
            keywords = {Particle Physics, Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Observation of the high-energy cosmic-ray electron spectrum with Fermi and implications for dark matter scenarios},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:09060056 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Luca Baldini National Institute for Nuclear Physics

DOI 10.48660/09060056
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Abstract

Successfully launched on June 11, 2008, Fermi is the reference high-energy gamma-ray space observatory of the current decade. The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has been collecting data continuously in nominal operations since August 2008, providing exciting results that are contributing to changing our understanding of the extreme Universe.Being a high sensitivity gamma-ray detector, the LAT is by its nature also a powerful electron detector and has in fact delivered the first high precision measurement of the primary cosmic-ray electron spectrum between 20 GeV and 1 TeV, based on six months of data. I will present this result and discuss the implications for dark matter scenarios; possible signatures detectable by Fermi (in both electrons and gammas) that might be helpful to disentangle different models and preliminary results on selected DM searches based on the first 3 months of data will be briefly discussed