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Nagisa Hiroshima

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Constraints on small-scale primordial power by annihilation signals from extragalactic dark matter minihalos

We revisit constraints on small-scale primordial power from annihilation signals from dark matter minihalos. Using gamma rays and neutrinos from extragalactic minihalos and assuming the delta-function primordial spectrum, we show the dependence of the constraints on annihilation modes, the mass of dark matter, and the annihilation cross section. We report both conservative constraints by assuming minihalos are fully destructed when becoming part of halos originating from the standard almost-scale invariant primordial spectrum, and optimistic constraints by neglecting destruction.

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High-energy Neutrinos from Multi-body Decaying Dark Matter

Since the report of the PeV-TeV neutrinos by the IceCube Collaboration, various particle physics models have been proposed to explain the neutrino spectrum by dark matter particles decaying into neutrinos and other Standard Model particles.In such scenarios, simultaneous $γ$-ray emission is commonly expected. Therefore, multi-messenger connections are generally important for the indirect searches of dark matters. The recent development of $γ$-ray astronomy puts stringent constraints on the properties of dark matter, especially by observations with the Fermi $γ$-ray satellite in the last several years. Motivated by the lack of $γ$-ray as well as the shape of the neutrino spectrum observed by IceCube, we discuss a scenario in which the DM is a PeV scale particle which couples strongly to other invisible particles and its decay products do not contain a charged particle. As an example to realize such possibilities, we consider a model of fermionic dark matter that decays into a neutrino and many invisible fermions. The dark matter decay is secluded in the sense that the emitted products are mostly neutrinos and dark fermions. One remarkable feature of this model is the resulting broadband neutrino spectra around the energy scale of the dark matter. We apply this model to multi-PeV dark matter, and discuss possible observable consequences in light of the IceCube data. In particular, this model could account for the large flux at medium energies of $\sim10-100$ TeV, possibly as well as the second peak at PeV, without violating the stringent $γ$-ray constraints from Fermi and air-shower experiments such as CASA-MIA.

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A unified model for the time variability of the Crab: the dispersion measure variation and the $γ$-ray flare of the nebula

The Crab pulsar and its nebula are very luminous and variable. Since 1982, random fluctuations of the dispersion measure (DM) have been recorded. Also in 2011, Fermi-LAT telescope detected $γ$-ray flux variation of the Crab nebula. No correlation between these phenomena have considered although their fluctuating patterns look similar. We propose a model which connects the DM and the Crab nebula $γ$-ray flux fluctuation, motivated by recently reported correlation between the braking index and the DM variability. Considering electrons within the inner shock region of the nebula produced in breaking index change events, we can explain both the DM enhancement and the $γ$-ray flare in a simple way.

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