The quest for dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the
  Cherenkov Telescope Array
  Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are among the best environments that can be studied
with Cherenkov telescopes for indirect searches of $\gamma$-ray signals coming
from dark matter self-interaction (annihilation or decay), due to their
proximity and negligible background emission. We present new determinations of
the dark-matter amount - i.e. the astrophysical factors $J$ and $D$ - in
dwarf-galaxy halos obtained through the MCMC Jeans analysis of their brightness
and kinematic data. Such factors are of great importance to test the
performances of the next-generation $\gamma$-ray instruments such as the
Cherenkov Telescope Array in detecting dark-matter signals from astronomical
environments, or constraining the limits to dark-matter physics parameters
(particle mass and lifetime, annihilation cross section).
