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    Dark matter line searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
    (2024) Abe, S.; Abhir, J.; Abhishek, A.; Acero, F.; Acharyya, A.; Adam, R.; Aguasca-Cabot, A.; Agudo, I.; Aguirre-Santaella, A.; Alfaro, J.; Alfaro, R.; Alvarez-Crespo, N.; Alves Batista, R.; Amans, J. -P.; Amato, E.; Ambrosi, G.; Angel, L.; Aramo, C.; Arcaro, C.; Arnesen, T. T. H.; Arrabito, L.; Asano, K.; Ascasibar, Y.; Aschersleben, J.; Ashkar, H.; Backes, M.; Baktash, A.; Balazs, C.; Balbo, M.; Baquero Larriva, A.; Martins, V. Barbosa; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Batkovic, I.; Batzofin, R.; Baxter, J.; Becerra Gonzalez, J.; Beck, G.; Benbow, W.; Berge, D.; Bernardini, E.; Bernete, J.; Bernloehr, K.; Berti, A.; Bertucci, B.; Bhattacharjee, P.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Bigongiari, C.; Biland, A.; Bissaldi, E.; Biteau, J.; Blanch, O.; Blazek, J.; Bocchino, F.; Boisson, C.; Bolmont, J.; Bonnoli, G.; Bonollo, A.; Bordas, P.; Bosnjak, Z.; Bottacini, E.; Bottcher, M.; Bringmann, T.; Bronzini, E.; Brose, R.; Brown, A. M.; Brunelli, G.; Bulgarelli, A.; Bulik, T.; Burelli, I.; Burmistrov, L.; Burton, M.; Buscemi, M.; Bylund, T.; Cailleux, J.; Campoy-Ordaz, A.; Cantlay, B. K.; Capasso, G.; Caproni, A.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Caraveo, P.; Caroff, S.; Carosi, A.; Carosi, R.; Carquin, E.; Carrasco, M. -S.; Cassol, F.; Castaldini, L.; Castrejon, N.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Cerasole, D.; Cerruti, M.; Chadwick, P. M.; Chaty, S.; Chen, A. W.; Chernyakova, M.; Chiavassa, A.; Chudoba, J.; Chytka, L.; Cicciari, G. M.; Cifuentes, A.; Coimbra Araujo, C. H.; Colapietro, M.; Conforti, V.; Conte, F.; Contreras, J. L.; Costa, A.; Costantini, H.; Cotter, G.; Cristofari, P.; Cuevas, O.; Curtis-Ginsberg, Z.; D'Amico, G.; D'Ammando, F.; Dai, S.; Dalchenko, M.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; de Lavergne, M. de Bony; De Caprio, V.; de Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M.; De Lotto, B.; De Lucia, M.; de Menezes, R.; de Naurois, M.; de Souza, V.; del Peral, L.; del Valle, M. V.; Delgado Giler, A. G.; Delgado Mengual, J.; Delgado, C.; Dell'aiera, M.; della Volpe, D.; Depaoli, D.; Di Girolamo, T.; Di Piano, A.; Di Pierro, F.; Di Tria, R.; Di Venere, L.; Diaz, C.; Diebold, S.; Dinesh, A.; Djuvsland, J.; Dominik, R. M.; Prester, D. Dominis; Donini, A.; Dorner, D.; Doerner, J.; Doro, M.; Dournaux, J. -L.; Duangchan, C.; Dubos, C.; Ducci, L.; Dwarkadas, V. V.; Ebr, J.; Eckner, C.; Egberts, K.; Einecke, S.; Elsaesser, D.; Emery, G.; Errando, M.; Escanuela, C.; Escarate, P.; Godoy, M. Escobar; Escudero, J.; Esposito, P.; Ettori, S.; Falceta-Goncalves, D.; Fedorova, E.; Fegan, S.; Feng, Q.; Ferrand, G.; Ferrarotto, F.; Fiandrini, E.; Fiasson, A.; Filipovic, M.; Fioretti, V.; Fiori, M.; Foffano, L.; Font Guiteras, L.; Fontaine, G.; Froese, S.; Fukazawa, Y.; Fukui, Y.; Furniss, A.; Galanti, G.; Galaz, G.; Galelli, C.; Gallozzi, S.; Gammaldi, V.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gasbarra, C.; Gasparrini, D.; Ghalumyan, A.; Gianotti, F.; Giarrusso, M.; Giesbrecht Formiga Paiva, J. G.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Giuffrida, R.; Glicenstein, J. -F.; Glombitza, J.; Goldoni, P.; Gonzalez, J. M.; Gonzalez, M. M.; Goulart Coelho, J.; Gradetzke, T.; Granot, J.; Grasso, D.; Grau, R.; Greaux, L.; Green, D.; Green, J. G.; Grolleron, G.; Guedes, L. M. V.; Gueta, O.; Hackfeld, J.; Hadasch, D.; Hamal, P.; Hanlon, W.; Hara, S.; Harvey, V. M.; Hassan, T.; Hayashi, K.; Hess, B.; Heckmann, L.; Heller, M.; Hernandez Cadena, S.; Hervet, O.; Hinton, J.; Hiroshima, N.; Hnatyk, B.; Hnatyk, R.; Hofmann, W.; Holder, J.; Horan, D.; Horvath, P.; Hovatta, T.; Hrabovsky, M.; Hrupec, D.; Iarlori, M.; Inada, T.; Incardona, F.; Inoue, S.; Inoue, Y.; Iocco, F.; Iori, M.; Ishio, K.; Jamrozy, M.; Janecek, P.; Jankowsky, F.; Jean, P.; Jimenez Quiles, J.; Jin, W.; Juramy-Gilles, C.; Jurysek, J.; Kagaya, M.; Kalekin, O.; Karas, V.; Katagiri, H.; Kataoka, J.; Kaufmann, S.; Kazanas, D.; Kerszberg, D.; Kieda, D. 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P.; Petruk, O.; Piano, G.; Pierre, E.; Pietropaolo, E.; Pihet, M.; Pinchbeck, L.; Pirola, G.; Pittori, C.; Plard, C.; Podobnik, F.; Pohl, M.; Pollet, V.; Ponti, G.; Prandini, E.; Principe, G.; Priyadarshi, C.; Produit, N.; Prouza, M.; Pueschel, E.; Puehlhofer, G.; Pumo, M. L.; Queiroz, F.; Quirrenbach, A.; Raino, S.; Rando, R.; Razzaque, S.; Regeard, M.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Reisenegger, A.; Rhode, W.; Ribeiro, D.; Ribo, M.; Ricci, C.; Richtler, T.; Rico, J.; Rieger, F.; Riitano, L.; Rizi, V.; Roache, E.; Fernandez, G. Rodriguez; Rodriguez Frias, M. D.; Rodriguez-Vazquez, J. J.; Romano, P.; Romeo, G.; Rosado, J.; de Leon, A. Rosales; Rowell, G.; Rudak, B.; Ruiter, A. J.; Rulten, C. B.; Sadeh, I.; Saha, L.; Saito, T.; Salzmann, H.; Sanchez-Conde, M.; Sandaker, H.; Sangiorgi, P.; Sano, H.; Santander, M.; Santos-Lima, R.; Sapienza, V.; Saric, T.; Sarkar, A.; Sarkar, S.; Saturni, F. G.; Savarese, S.; Scherer, A.; Schiavone, F.; Schipani, P.; Schleicher, B.; Schovanek, P.; Schubert, J. L.; Schwanke, U.; Seglar Arroyo, M.; Seitenzahl, I. R.; Sergijenko, O.; Servillat, M.; Siegert, T.; Siejkowski, H.; Siqueira, C.; Sliusar, V.; Slowikowska, A.; Sol, H.; Spencer, S. T.; Spiga, D.; Stamerra, A.; Stanic, S.; Starecki, T.; Starling, R.; Stawarz, L.; Steppa, C.; Hatlen, E. Saether; Stolarczyk, T.; Striskovic, J.; Suda, Y.; Swierk, P.; Tajima, H.; Tak, D.; Takahashi, M.; Takeishi, R.; Tavernier, T.; Tejedor, L. A.; Terauchi, K.; Teshima, M.; Testa, V.; Tian, W. W.; Tibaldo, L.; Tibolla, O.; Todero Peixoto, C. J.; Torradeflot, F.; Torres, D. F.; Tosti, G.; Tothill, N.; Toussenel, F.; Tramacere, A.; Travnicek, P.; Tripodo, G.; Trois, A.; Truzzi, S.; Tutone, A.; Vaclavek, L.; Vacula, M.; Vallania, P.; Valles, R.; van Eldik, C.; van Scherpenberg, J.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Vassiliev, V.; Vazquez Acosta, M.; Vecchi, M.; Ventura, S.; Vercellone, S.; Verna, G.; Viana, A.; Viaux, N.; Vigliano, A.; Vignatti, J.; Vigorito, C. F.; Villanueva, J.; Visentin, E.; Vitale, V.; Vodeb, V.; Voisin, V.; Voitsekhovskyi, V.; Vorobiov, S.; Voutsinas, G.; Vovk, I.; Vuillaume, T.; Wagner, S. J.; Walter, R.; White, M.; White, R.; Wierzcholska, A.; Will, M.; Williams, D. A.; Wohlleben, F.; Wolter, A.; Yamamoto, T.; Yang, L.; Yoshida, T.; Yoshikoshi, T.; Zaharijas, G.; Zampieri, L.; Sanchez, R. Zanmar; Zavrtanik, D.; Zavrtanik, M.; Zdziarski, A. A.; Zech, A.; Zhang, W.; Zhdanov, V. I.; Zietara, K.; Zivec, M.; Zuriaga-Puig, J.
    Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from astrophysical or instrumental backgrounds. We provide an updated assessment of the sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to such signals, based on observations of the Galactic centre region as well as of selected dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We find that current limits and detection prospects for dark matter masses above 300 GeV will be significantly improved, by up to an order of magnitude in the multi-TeV range. This demonstrates that CTA will set a new standard for gamma-ray astronomy also in this respect, as the world's largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory, in particular due to its exquisite energy resolution at TeV energies and the adopted observational strategy focussing on regions with large dark matter densities. Throughout our analysis, we use up-to-date instrument response functions, and we thoroughly model the effect of instrumental systematic uncertainties in our statistical treatment. We further present results for other potential signatures with sharp spectral features, e.g. box-shaped spectra, that would likewise very clearly point to a particle dark matter origin.
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    Optical spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray blazar candidates. X. Results from the 2018-2019 SOAR and OAN-SPM observations of blazar candidates of uncertain type
    (2020) de Menezes, R.; Amaya-Almazan, R. A.; Marchesini, E. J.; Pena-Herazo, H. A.; Massaro, F.; Chavushyan, V; Paggi, A.; Landoni, M.; Masetti, N.; Ricci, F.; D'Abrusco, R.; La Franca, F.; Smith, Howard A.; Milisavljevic, D.; Tosti, G.; Jimenez-Bailon, E.; Cheung, C. C.
    The fourth Fermi Large Area Telescope Source Catalog (4FGL) lists over 5000. -ray sources with statistical significance above 4s. About 23% of the sources listed in this catalog are unidentified/unassociated. -ray sources while 26% of the sources are classified as blazar candidates of uncertain type (BCUs), lacking optical spectroscopic information. To probe the blazar nature of candi- date counterparts of UGSs and BCUs, we started our optical spectroscopic follow up campaign in 2012, which up to date account for more than 350 observed sources. In this paper, the tenth of our campaign, we report on the spectroscopic observations of 37 sources, mostly BCUs, whose observations were carried out predominantly at the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional San Pedro Martir and the Southern Astrophysical Research Observatory between August 2018 and September 2019. We confirm the BL Lac nature of 27 sources and the flat spectrum radio quasar nature of three sources. The remaining ones are classified as six BL Lacs galaxy-dominated and one normal galaxy. We were also able to measure the redshifts for 20 sources, including 10 BL Lacs. As in previous analyses, the largest fraction of BCUs revealed to be BL Lac objects.
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    Optical spectroscopic observations of low-energy counterparts of Fermi-LAT ∼-ray sources
    (2020) Pena-Herazo, H. A.; Amaya-Almazan, R. A.; Massaro, F.; de Menezes, R.; Marchesini, E. J.; Chavushyan, V.; Paggi, A.; Landoni, M.; Masetti, N.; Ricci, F.; D'Abrusco, R.; Cheung, C. C.; La Franca, F.; Smith, H. A.; Milisavljevic, D.; Jimenez-Bailon, E.; Patino-Alvarez, V. M.; Tosti, G.
    Context. A significant fraction of all gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi satellite is still lacking a low-energy counterpart. In addition, there is still a large population of gamma-ray sources with associated low-energy counterparts that lack firm classifications. In the last 10 years we have undertaken an optical spectroscopic campaign to address the problem of unassociated or unidentified gamma-ray sources (UGSs), mainly devoted to observing blazars and blazar candidates because they are the largest population of gamma-ray sources associated to date.Aims. Here we describe the overall impact of our optical spectroscopic campaign on sources associated in Fermi-LAT catalogs, coupled with objects found in the literature. In the literature search we kept track of efforts by different teams that presented optical spectra of counterparts or potential counterparts of Fermi-LAT catalog sources. Our summary includes an analysis of additional 30 newly collected optical spectra of counterparts or potential counterparts of Fermi-LAT sources of a previously unknown nature.Methods. New spectra were acquired at the Blanco 4 m and OAN-SPM 2.1 m telescopes, and those available in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (data release 15) archive.Results. All new sources with optical spectra analyzed here are classified as blazars. Thanks to our campaign, altogether we discovered and classified 394 targets with an additional 123 objects collected from a literature search. We began our optical spectroscopic campaign between the release of the second and third Fermi-LAT source catalogs (2FGL and 3FGL, respectively), classified about 25% of the sources that had uncertain nature and discovered a blazar-like potential counterpart for similar to 10% of UGSs listed therein. In the 4FGL catalog, about 350 Fermi-LAT sources have been classified to date thanks to our campaign.Conclusions. The most elusive class of blazars are found to be BL Lacs since the largest fraction of Fermi-LAT sources targeted in our observations showed a featureless optical spectrum. The same conclusion applied to the literature spectra. Finally, we confirm the high reliability of mid-IR color-based methods to select blazar-like candidate counterparts of unassociated or unidentified gamma-ray sources.