Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment

Aharonian F, Akhperjanian AG, De Almeida UB, Bazer-Bachi AR, Behera B, Beilicke M, Benbow W, Bernloehr K, Bertone G, Boisson C, Bochow A, Borrel V, Braun IV, Brion E, Brucker J, Brun P, Buehler R, Bulik T, Buesching I, Boutelier T, Carrigan S, Chadwick PM, Chaves RCG, Chounet LM, Clapson AC, Coignet G, Costamante L, Dalton M, Degrange B, Dickinson HJ, Djannati-Atai A, Domainko W, Drury LO, Dubois F, Dubus G, Dyks J, Egberts K, Emmanoulopoulos D, Espigat P, Farnier C, Feinstein F, Fiasson A, Foerster A, Fontaine G, Fuessling M, Gabici S, Gallant YA, Gerard L, Giebels B, Glicenstein JF, Glueck B, Goret P, Hadjichristidis C, Hauser D, Hauser M, Heinzelmann G, Henri G, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hoffmann A, Hofmann W, Holleran M, Hoppe S, Horns D, Jacholkowska A, De Jager OC, Jung I, Katarzynski K, Kaufmann S, Kendziorra E, Kerschhaggl M, Khangulyan D, Khelifi B, Keogh D, Komin N, Kosack K, Lamanna G, Latham IJ, Lenain JP, Lohse T, Marandon V, Martin JM, Martineau-Huynh O, Marcowith A, Masterson C, Maurin D, Mccomb TJL, Moderski R, Moulin E, Naumann-Godo M, De Naurois M, Nedbal D, Nekrassov D, Niemiec J, Nolan SJ, Ohm S, Olive JP, De Onawilhelmi E, Orford KJ, Osborne JL, Ostrowski M, Panter M, Pedaletti G, Pelletier G, Petrucci PO, Pita S, Puehlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raubenheimer BC, Raue M, Rayner SM, Renaud M, Rieger F, Ripken J, Rob L, Rosier-Lees S, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ruppel J, Sahakian V, Santangelo A, Schlickeiser R, Schoeck FM, Schroeder R, Schwanke U, Schwarzburg S, Schwemmer S, Shalchi A, Skilton JL, Sol H, Spangler D, Stawarz L, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Superina G, Tam PH, Tavernet JP, Terrier R, Tibolla O, van Eldik C, Vasileiadis G, Venter C, Vialle JP, Vincent P, Vivier M, Voelk HJ, Volpe F, Wagner SJ, Ward M, Zdziarski AA, Zech A (2008)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2008

Journal

Publisher: American Physical Society

Book Volume: 78

Article Number: 072008

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008

Abstract

The HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes has performed, from 2004 to 2007, a survey of the inner galactic plane at photon energies above 100 GeV. About 400 hours of data have been accumulated in the region between -30 and +60degrees in galactic longitude, and between -3 and +3degrees in galactic latitude. Assuming that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, we calculate here the HESS sensitivity map for dark matter annihilations, and derive the first experimental constraints on the ("minispikes") scenario, in which a gamma-ray signal arises from dark matter annihilation around intermediate mass black holes. The data exclude the proposed scenario at a 90% confidence level for dark matter particles with velocity-weighted annihilation cross section σv above 10-28cm3s-1 and mass between 800 GeV and 10 TeV. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

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Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Universität Hamburg (UHH) Germany (DE) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Noordwes-Universiteit / North-West University South Africa (ZA) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany (DE) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany (DE) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Ireland (IE) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) Université Joseph Fourier (UJF Grenoble 1) France (FR) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Centre CEA de Saclay (Essonne) France (FR) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK) Poland (PL) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) University of Leeds United Kingdom (GB) University of Adelaide Australia (AU) Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland (PL) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) Univerzita Karlova v Praze / Charles University in Prague Czech Republic (CZ) Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI) / Երևանի Ֆիզիկայի Ինստիտուտ Armenia (AM) Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego PAN Poland (PL) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) Germany (DE) Jagiellonian University / Uniwersytet Jagielloński (UJ) Poland (PL) University of Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie / Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) France (FR) University of Namibia (UNAM) Namibia (NA)

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APA:

Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A.G., De Almeida, U.B., Bazer-Bachi, A.R., Behera, B., Beilicke, M.,... Zech, A. (2008). Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 78(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008

MLA:

Aharonian, F., et al. "Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment." Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 78.7 (2008).

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