Search for a dark matter annihilation signal from the galactic center halo with H.E.S.S.

Abramowski A, Acero F, Aharonian F, Akhperjanian AG, Anton G, Barnacka A, De Almeida UB, Bazer-Bachi AR, Becherini Y, Becker J, Behera B, Bernloehr K, Bochow A, Boisson C, Bolmont J, Bordas P, Borrel V, Brucker J, Brun F, Brun P, Bulik T, Buesching I, Carrigan S, Casanova S, Cerruti M, Chadwick PM, Charbonnier A, Chaves RCG, Cheesebrough A, Chounet LM, Clapson AC, Coignet G, Conrad J, Dalton M, Daniel MK, Davids ID, Degrange B, Deil C, Dickinson HJ, Djannati-Atai A, Domainko W, Drury LO, Dubois F, Dubus G, Dyks J, Dyrda M, Egberts K, Eger P, Espigat P, Fallon L, Farnier C, Fegan S, Feinstein F, Fernandes MV, Fiasson A, Fontaine G, Foerster A, Fuessling M, Gallant YA, Gast H, Gerard L, Gerbig D, Giebels B, Glicenstein JF, Glueck B, Goret P, Göring D, Hague JD, Hampf D, Hauser M, Heinz S, Heinzelmann G, Henri G, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hoffmann A, Hofmann W, Hofverberg P, Horns D, Jacholkowska A, De Jager OC, Jahn C, Jamrozy M, Jung I, Kastendieck MA, Katarzynski K, Katz U, Kaufmann S, Keogh D, Kerschhaggl M, Khangulyan D, Khelifi B, Klochkov D, Kluzniak W, Kneiske TM, Komin N, Kosack K, Kossakowski R, Laffon H, Lamanna G, Lennarz D, Lohse T, Lopatin A, Lu CC, Marandon V, Marcowith A, Masbou J, Maurin D, Maxted NI, Mccomb TJL, Medina MC, Mehault J, Moderski R, Moulin E, Naumann CL, Naumann-Godo M, De Naurois M, Nedbal D, Nekrassov D, Nguyen N, Nicholas B, Niemiec J, Nolan SJ, Ohm S, Olive JF, Wilhelmi EDO, Opitz B, Ostrowski M, Panter M, Arribas MP, Pedaletti G, Pelletier G, Petrucci PO, Pita S, Puehlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raue M, Rayner SM, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, De Los Reyes R, Rieger F, Ripken J, Rob L, Rosier-Lees S, Rowell G, Rudak B, Rulten CB, Ruppel J, Ryde F, Sahakian V, Santangelo A, Schlickeiser R, Schoeck FM, Schoenwald A, Schwanke U, Schwarzburg S, Schwemmer S, Shalchi A, Sikora M, Skilton JL, Sol H, Spengler G, Stawarz L, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Stinzing F, Sushch I, Szostek A, Tavernet JP, Terrier R, Tibolla O, Tluczykont M, Valerius K, van Eldik C, Vasileiadis G, Venter C, Vialle JP, Viana A, Vincent P, Vivier M, Voelk HJ, Volpe F, Vorobiov S, Vorster M, Wagner SJ, Ward M, Wierzcholska A, Zajczyk A, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zechlin HS (2011)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: American Physical Society

Book Volume: 106

Article Number: 161301

Journal Issue: 16

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.161301

Abstract

A search for a very-high-energy (VHE; 100GeV) γ-ray signal from self-annihilating particle dark matter (DM) is performed towards a region of projected distance r∼45-150pc from the Galactic center. The background-subtracted γ-ray spectrum measured with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) γ-ray instrument in the energy range between 300-GeV and 30-TeV shows no hint of a residual γ-ray flux. Assuming conventional Navarro-Frenk-White and Einasto density profiles, limits are derived on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section σv as a function of the DM particle mass. These are among the best reported so far for this energy range and in particular differ only little between the chosen density profile parametrizations. In particular, for the DM particle mass of ∼1TeV, values for σ above 3×1025cm3s1 are excluded for the Einasto density profile. © 2011 American Physical Society.

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Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK) Poland (PL) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego PAN Poland (PL) Universität Hamburg (UHH) Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany (DE) University of Adelaide Australia (AU) Univerzita Karlova v Praze / Charles University in Prague Czech Republic (CZ) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany (DE) University of Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie / Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) France (FR) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) Germany (DE) Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Ireland (IE) Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland (PL) University of Savoy Mont Blanc / Université Savoie Mont Blanc France (FR) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) University of Leeds United Kingdom (GB) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) / Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Armenia (AM) Noordwes-Universiteit / North-West University South Africa (ZA) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) Université Joseph Fourier (UJF Grenoble 1) France (FR) University of Leicester United Kingdom (GB) University of Namibia (UNAM) Namibia (NA) Jagiellonian University / Uniwersytet Jagielloński (UJ) Poland (PL)

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APA:

Abramowski, A., Acero, F., Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A.G., Anton, G., Barnacka, A.,... Zechlin, H.-S. (2011). Search for a dark matter annihilation signal from the galactic center halo with H.E.S.S. Physical Review Letters, 106(16). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.161301

MLA:

Abramowski, A., et al. "Search for a dark matter annihilation signal from the galactic center halo with H.E.S.S." Physical Review Letters 106.16 (2011).

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