Alex Drlica-Wagner from Stanford

Title: Searches for Galactic Dark Matter Substructure with the Fermi-LAT

Abstract: The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has opened an unprecedented window on the GeV gamma-ray sky. In addition to a plethora of astrophysical results, the LAT has the exciting potential to indirectly probe particle dark matter via gamma-ray emission from dark matter annihilation or decay. In this talk, I will discuss recent LAT searches for gamma-ray signals from Milky Way satellite galaxies and other Galactic dark matter substructures predicted by numerical simulations. Due to their relative proximity, large mass-to-light ratio, and low astrophysical backgrounds, these dark matter rich substructures of our Galaxy are some of the most promising targets for indirect detection.