Limits on Diffuse Dark Matter with HAWC

Abeysekara AU, Albert A, Alfaro R, Alvarez C, Álvarez JD, Angeles Camacho JR, Arteaga-Velázquez JC, Arunbabu KP, Avila Rojas D, Ayala Solares HA, Babu R, Baghmanyan V, Barber AS, Becerra Gonzalez J, Belmont-Moreno E, BenZvi SY, Berley D, Brisbois C, Caballero-Mora KS, Capistrán T, Carramiñana A, Casanova S, Chaparro-Amaro O, Cotti U, Cotzomi J, Coutiño de León S, De la Fuente E, de León C, Diaz-Cruz L, Diaz Hernandez R, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dingus BL, Durocher M, DuVernois MA, Ellsworth RW, Engel K, Espinoza C, Fan KL, Fang K, Fernández Alonso M, Fick B, Fleischhack H, Flores JL, Fraija NI, Garcia D, García-González JA, García-Luna JL, García-Torales G, Garfias F, Giacinti G, Goksu H, González MM, Goodman JA, Harding JP, Hernandez S, Herzog I, Hinton J, Hona B, Huang D, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla F, Hui CM, Humensky B, Hüntemeyer P, Iriarte A, Jardin-Blicq A, Jhee H, Joshi V, Kieda D, Kunde GJ, Kunwar S, Lara A, Lee J, Lee WH, Lennarz D, León Vargas H, Linnemann J, Longinotti AL, López-Coto R, Luis-Raya G, Lundeen J, Malone K, Marandon V, Martinez O, Martinez-Castellanos I, Martínez-Huerta H, Martínez-Castro J, Matthews JA, McEnery J, Miranda-Romagnoli P, Morales-Soto JA, Moreno E, Mostafá M, Nayerhoda A, Nellen L, Newbold M, Nisa MU, Noriega-Papaqui R, Olivera-Nieto L, Omodei N, Peisker A, Pérez Araujo Y, Pérez-Pérez EG, Rho CD, Rivière C, Rosa-Gonzalez D, Ruiz-Velasco E, Ryan J, Salazar H, Salesa Greus F, Sandoval A, Schneider M, Schoorlemmer H, Serna-Franco J, Sinnis G, Smith AJ, Springer RW, Surajbali P, Taboada I, Tanner M, Tollefson K, Torres I, Torres-Escobedo R, Turner R, Ureña-Mena F, Villaseñor L, Wang X, Watson IJ, Weisgarber T, Werner F, Willox E, Wood J, Yodh GB, Zepeda A, Zhou H (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Virtual, Berlin, DEU

Abstract

In addition to dense regions of dark matter, such as galaxy clusters and dwarf galaxies, dark matter annihilation and decay are also expected to have a nearly isotropic distribution across the sky. This isotropic component is less model-dependent than the flux from isolated dark matter targets, and would produce galactic contributions to the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background (DGRB). With its continuous monitoring of the gamma-ray sky from a few hundred GeV to several hundred TeV and its wide field-of-view, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is well-suited to search for dark matter contributions in the DGRB. In this work, 535 days of HAWC data and Monte Carlo simulations were studied to set limits on annihilating or decaying diffuse dark matter at TeV energies. With this data, we consider both leptonic and hadronic dark matter channels and are able to constrain dark matter up to masses >100 TeV.

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National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Michigan Technological University United States (USA) (US) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland (PL) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics / Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) Mexico (MX) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of Rochester (UR) United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca (UPP) Mexico (MX) Michigan State University United States (USA) (US) Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo / Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mexico (MX) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) University of Maryland United States (USA) (US) Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) Mexico (MX) National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico / Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Mexico (MX) University of New Hampshire United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) University of Seoul (UOS) / 서울시립대학교 Korea, Republic of (KR) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) University of California Irvine United States (USA) (US) Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute / Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN) Mexico (MX) Shanghai Jiao Tong University / 上海交通大学 China (CN) University of New Mexico (UNM) / Universidad de Nuevo México United States (USA) (US) Universidad de Guadalajara (UDEG) Mexico (MX) Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Mexico (MX)

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APA:

Abeysekara, A.U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Álvarez, J.D., Angeles Camacho, J.R.,... Zhou, H. (2022). Limits on Diffuse Dark Matter with HAWC. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Abeysekara, A. U., et al. "Limits on Diffuse Dark Matter with HAWC." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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