Speaker
Dr
Stefano Stefano Camera
(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester)
Description
A tremendous experimental effort is underway with the goal of delivering the first non- gravitational detection of dark matter (DM). Indeed, despite its huge abundance, very little is known about the true nature of DM, and the community is eager for new and innovative ideas able to finally pin down its properties. In this talk, I shall review how cross-correlations of astrophysical and cosmological observables have the real potential of detecting electromagnetic signals from annihilating/decaying DM particles. This is done by exploiting multi-wavelength synergies between gamma-ray experiments and optical/near-IR cosmological surveys, thanks to which we can disentangle the feeble gamma-ray signal expected from particle DM interactions from the overwhelming astrophysical background of unresolved gamma-ray sources. After having set the scene, I shall also present recent observational results.
Primary author
Dr
Stefano Stefano Camera
(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester)
