Talk detail

Participant	Morselli, Aldo
Institution	INFN Roma Tor Vergata - Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 - Italy - Italy - Italy

Session	AP1	Accepted		Order	Time
Talk	Oral abstract	Title	Search for Dark Matter in the sky
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Abstract	To uncover the dark matter, to connect what is astrophysically observed to what will be seen as new particles produced in the LHC, we need new measurements. The Fermi Large Area Telescope is providing the measurement of the high energy (20 GeV to 1 TeV) cosmic ray electrons and positrons spectrum with unprecedented accuracy. This measurement represents a unique probe for studying the origin and diffusive propagation of cosmic rays as well as for looking for possible evidences of Dark Matter. In this talk we focus mainly on astrophysical sources of cosmic ray electrons and positrons which include the standard primary and secondary diffuse galactic contribution, as well as nearby point-sources which are expected to contribute more significantly to higher energies. In this framework, we discuss possible interpretations of Fermi results in relation with other recent experimental data on energetic electrons and positrons (specifically the most recent ones reported by PAMELA, ATIC, PPB-BETS and HESS) and with recent results in the searches of gamma-ray fluxes coming from WIMP pair annihilations in the sky.