Speaker
Rebecca Leane
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Description
The Galactic Center GeV excess is firmly detected. While there is statistical evidence suggesting the excess originates largely from point sources, its interpretation as a signal of annihilating dark matter has not been conclusively ruled out. I will discuss the degree to which assumptions about the diffuse modeling and source populations could affect non-Poissonian template fitting methods that indicate a point-source origin for the excess.
Author
Rebecca Leane
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
