Search for TeV decaying dark matter from the Virgo cluster of galaxies

Un Nisa M, Harding P, 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, 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

Galaxy clusters’ dynamics constitute a major piece of evidence for the existence of dark matter in astrophysical structures. The decay or annihilation of dark matter particles is hypothesized to produce a steady flux of very-high-energy gamma rays correlated with the direction of a cluster of galaxies. The Virgo cluster, being only 16 Mpc away and spanning several degrees across the sky is an excellent target to search for signatures of particle dark matter interactions. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, due to its wide field of view and sensitivity to gamma rays at an energy-scale of 300 GeV—100 TeV is well-suited to perform the aforementioned search. We perform a search from the Virgo cluster for gamma-ray emission, assuming various dark matter sub-structure models using 1523 days of HAWC data. Our results provide the strongest constraints on the decay life-time of dark matter for masses above 20 TeV.

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

How to cite

APA:

Un Nisa, M., Harding, P., Abeysekara, A.U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C.,... Zhou, H. (2022). Search for TeV decaying dark matter from the Virgo cluster of galaxies. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Un Nisa, Mehr, et al. "Search for TeV decaying dark matter from the Virgo cluster of galaxies." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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