Investigating the Elusive Nature of Dark Matter Using Gamma-Ray Detectors
POSTER
Abstract
This project explores the possibility that Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) interact with high-energy gamma rays and could explain the persistent gamma-ray excess observed in the Galactic Center. We analyzed open-source data from NASA's Fermi-LAT and the HAWC observatory using Python-based tools to create flux maps and examine spatial distributions in order to identify potential ALP signatures.
*The Frances Marx Shillinglaw Women in Science Endowed FundNASA 23-MUREP WCU-0017, No. 80NSSC23M0123: Alumnae Network & Career Resources Program -- STEM support anchored at ASCGoizueta Foundation STEM Success InitiativeThe Maria Wornom Rippe ’64 STEM Research Endowed Fund
Presenters
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Jibek Ibraeva
- Agnes Scott College