Speaker
Sergio Hernandez Cadena
Description
The HAWC Observatory is able to perfom dark matter (DM) searches for annihilation or decay of TeV candidates. In the case of annihilation of DM particles, sub-structure enhancement in highly extended sources is important, and it is described through the astrophysical J factor. A related quantity is the boost factor, which quantifies how large the enhancement can be due to sub-structure effects and others, such as the presence of baryons. We computed the J factor for the Virgo Cluster using several configurations for spatial and mass distributions of sub-structure, as well as concentration parameters, to evaluate the expected boost factor for the Virgo Cluster.
