Prospects for annihilating dark matter from M31 and M33 observations with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Michailidis, Miltiadis, Marafatto, Lorenzo, Malyshev, Denys, Iocco, Fabio, Zaharijas, Gabrijela, Sergijenko, Olga, Bernardos, Maria Isabel, Eckner, Christopher, Boyarsky, Alexey, Sokolenko, Anastasia, Santangelo, Andrea
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 27.07.2023
• Subjects: Arrays; Dark matter; Local group (astronomy); Sensitivity; Spiral galaxies; Weakly interacting massive particles

M31 and M33 are the closest spiral galaxies and the largest members (together with the Milky Way) of the Local group, which makes them interesting targets for indirect dark matter searches. In this paper, we present studies of the expected sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to an ann...