Search for Dark Matter in the sky with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Abstract

Can we learn about New Physics with astronomical and astro-particle data? Since its launch in 2008, the Large Area Telescope, onboard of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has detected the largest amount of gamma rays in the 20 MeV - 300 GeV energy range and electrons + positrons in the 7 GeV- 1 TeV range. These impressive statistics allow one to perform a very sensitive indirect experimental search for dark matter. We will present the latest results on these searches and the comparison with LHC searches.

arXiv comment8 pages. Common proceedings for Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d'Aoste, Rencontre de Moriond, EW2013, 48th Rencontres de Moriond: Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe. v2: reformatted to fit 8 pages