Searches for gamma-ray lines and 'pure WIMP' spectra from Dark Matter annihilations in dwarf galaxies with HESS

Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Benkhali FA, Anguner EO, Arakawa M, Arcaro C, Armand C, Arrieta M, Backes M, Barnard M, Becherini Y, Tjus JB, Berge D, Bernhard S, Bernloehr K, Blackwell R, Bottcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, Bonnefoy S, Bordas P, Bregeon J, Brun F, Brun P, Bryan M, Büchele M, Bulik T, Bylund T, Capasso M, Caroff S, Carosi A, Casanova S, Cerruti M, Chakraborty N, Chandra S, Chaves RCG, Chen A, Colafrancesco S, Condon B, Davids ID, Deil C, Devin J, Dewilt P, Dirson L, Djannati-Atai A, Dmytriiev A, Donath A, Doroshenko V, Drury LO, Dyks J, Egberts K, Emery G, Ernenwein JP, Eschbach S, Fegan S, Fiasson A, Fontaine G, Funk S, Fuessling M, Gabici S, Gallant YA, Gate F, Giavitto G, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Gottschall D, Grondin MH, Hahn J, Haupt M, Heinzelmann G, Henri G, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Hoischen C, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Huber D, Iwasaki H, Jacholkowska A, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky D, Jankowsky F, Jouvin L, Jung-Richardt I, Kastendieck MA, Katarzynski K, Katsuragawa M, Katz U, Kerszberg D, Khangulyan D, Khelifi B, King J, Klepser S, Kluzniak W, Komin N, Kosack K, Krakau S, Kraus M, Kruger PP, Lamanna G, Lau J, Lefaucheur J, Lemiere A, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Leser E, Lohse T, Lorentz M, Lopez-Coto R, Lypova I, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marcowith A, Mariaud C, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Maurin G, Meintjes PJ, Mitchell AMW, Moderski R, Mohamed M, Mohrmann L, Moulin E, Murach T, Nakashima S, De Naurois M, Ndiyavala H, Niederwanger F, Niemiec J, Oakes L, O'Brien P, Odaka H, Ohm S, Ostrowski M, Oya I, Padovani M, Panter M, Parsons RD, Perennes C, Petrucci PO, Peyaud B, Piel Q, Pita S, Poireau V, Noel AP, Prokhorov DA, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raab S, Rauth R, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, Rieger F, Rinchiuso L, Romoli C, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian V, Saito S, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schlickeiser R, Schussler F, Schulz A, Schwanke U, Schwemmer S, Seglar-Arroyo M, Senniappan M, Seyffert AS, Shafi N, Shilon I, Shiningayamwe K, Simoni R, Sinha A, Sol H, Spanier F, Specovius A, Spir-Jacob M, Stawarz L, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Steppa C, Takahashi T, Tavernet JP, Tavernier T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Tibaldo L, Tiziani D, Tluczykont M, Trichard C, Tsirou M, Tsuji N, Tuffs R, Uchiyama Y, Van Der Walt DJ, van Eldik C, Van Rensburg C, Van Soelen B, Vasileiadis G, Veh J, Venter C, Viana A, Vincent P, Vink J, Voisin F, Voelk HJ, Vuillaume T, Wadiasingh Z, Wagner SJ, Wagner RM, White R, Wierzcholska A, Yang R, Zaborov D, Zacharias M, Zanin R, Zdziarski A, Zech A, Zefi F, Ziegler A, Zorn J, Zywucka N, Cirelli M, Panci P, Sala F, Silk J, Taoso M (2018)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/11/037

Abstract

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are among the most promising targets for detecting signals of Dark Matter (DM) annihilations. The H.E.S.S. experiment has observed five of these systems for a total of about 130 hours. The data are re-analyzed here, and, in the absence of any detected signals, are interpreted in terms of limits on the DM annihilation cross section. Two scenarios are considered: i) DM annihilation into mono-energetic gamma-rays and ii) DM in the form of pure WIMP multiplets that, annihilating into all electroweak bosons, produce a distinctive gamma-ray spectral shape with a high-energy peak at the DM mass and a lower-energy continuum. For case i), upper limits at 95% confidence level of about less than or similar to 3 x 10(-25) cm(3) s(-1) are obtained in the mass range of 400 GeV to 1TeV. For case ii), the full spectral shape of the models is used and several excluded regions are identified, but the thermal masses of the candidates are not robustly ruled out.

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Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F.A., Anguner, E.O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C.,... Taoso, M. (2018). Searches for gamma-ray lines and 'pure WIMP' spectra from Dark Matter annihilations in dwarf galaxies with HESS. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/11/037

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Abdalla, H., et al. "Searches for gamma-ray lines and 'pure WIMP' spectra from Dark Matter annihilations in dwarf galaxies with HESS." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 11 (2018).

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