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MADHAT: Model-Agnostic Dark Halo Analysis Tool

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COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 261, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107815

Keywords

Dark matter; Indirect detection; Gamma ray experiments

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  1. DOE, United States [DESC0010504]
  2. NSF [PHY-1720282]

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MADHAT is a numerical tool that implements a model-independent analysis of gamma-ray emission from dwarf satellite galaxies and candidates, providing statistical upper bounds on observed photons and calculating constraints on dark matter properties based on user assumptions. The tool includes 58 dwarf targets, with future developments planned, and is available on the MADHAT GitHub repository for maintenance and access.
We present the Model-Agnostic Dark Halo Analysis Tool (MADHAT), a numerical tool which implements a Fermi-LAT data-driven, model-independent analysis of gamma-ray emission from dwarf satellite galaxies and dwarf galaxy candidates due to dark matter annihilation, dark matter decay, or other nonstandard or unknown astrophysics. This tool efficiently provides statistical upper bounds on the number of observed photons in excess of the number expected, based on empirical determinations of foregrounds and backgrounds, using a stacked analysis of any selected set of dwarf targets. It also calculates the resulting bounds on the properties of dark matter under any assumptions the user makes regarding dark sector particle physics or astrophysics. As an application, we determine new bounds on Sommerfeld-enhanced dark matter annihilation in a set of eight dwarfs. MADHAT v1.0 includes 58 dwarfs and dwarf candidate targets, and we discuss future planned developments. MADHAT is available and will be maintained at https://github.com/MADHATdm. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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