Probing Dark Photon Dark Matter with CTAO

arXiv:2602.21920 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-17 · Read on arXiv

Júlia G. Mamprim, Aion Viana, Vitor de Souza

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-17

Updated: 2026-08-18

Comments: 27 pages, 12 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Dark Matter — 70× in this paper
• Standard Model — 5× in this paper
• AGN — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cosmic Microwave Background — 2× in this paper
• For the Milky Way — 2× in this paper
• Using the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory — 2× in this paper
• alpha — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Host Galaxy Environment — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Inverse Compton (IC) scattering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• N-body simulations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Spectral Signature — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Unified Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Planck 2018 results. X. Constraints on inflation
• Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section obtained from the complete LUX exposure
• First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment
• A First Search for Solar $^8$B Neutrino in the PandaX-4T Experiment using Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering
• Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation from Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with Six Years of Fermi-LAT Data
• Search for photon line-like signatures from Dark Matter annihilations with H.E.S.S
• Search for neutrino lines from dark matter annihilation and decay with IceCube
• Dark Matter
• Helioscope Bounds on Hidden Sector Photons
• Seeking dark matter with $\gamma$-ray attenuation
• The Black Hole Mass, Stellar M/L, and Dark Halo in M87
• The surprising Crab pulsar and its nebula: A review
• The Dark Photon
• The Crab Nebula as a standard candle in very high-energy astrophysics
• Spectrum and extension of the inverse-Compton emission of the Crab Nebula from a combined Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. analysis
• Peta-electron volt gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula
• Ultrahigh-energy Gamma-Ray Radiation from the Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula
• Measurement of the Crab Nebula Spectrum Past 100 TeV with HAWC
• Dark Matter Halo Mass Profiles

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