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用H.E.S.S寻找大犬座过密度的暗物质湮灭信号

A search for a dark matter annihilation signal towards the Canis Major overdensity with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

摘要:

搜索暗物质(DM)湮灭信号到$γ$ -射线对大犬座(CMa)的超密度的方向。CMa的性质仍然是有争议的,一种情况是它是一个矮星系,使它成为DM湮灭搜索的有趣候选者。使用H.E.S.S.共收集了9.6小时的高质量数据。利用成像大气切伦科夫望远镜(IACTs)阵列的观测数据,没有发现非常高能量的$γ$射线信号,在95% C. L.处,得到了CMa矮星系质量的上限为10 $^{9}$ M $_{\odot}$.假设中性伴子质量在500 GeV - 10 TeV范围内,湮灭截面相对较大。速度加权湮没截面$<σv>$上的约束,计算特定的WIMP的情况下,使用NFW模型DM晕配置文件,并利用数值模拟的层次结构的形成。95% C.L.在500 GeV - 10 TeV DM粒子质量区间内,假设总晕质量为3 $\times$ 10 $^{8}$ M $_{\odot}$,则达到了5 $\times$ 10 $^{-24}$ cm $^{3}$ s $^{-1}$数量级的排除极限。

英文摘要:

A search for a dark matter (DM) annihilation signal into $γ$-rays toward the direction of the Canis Major (CMa) overdensity is presented. The nature of CMa is still controversial and one scenario represents it as a dwarf galaxy, making it an interesting candidate for DM annihilation searches. A total of 9.6 hours of high quality data were collected with the H.E.S.S. array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and no evidence for a very high energy $γ$-ray signal is found. Upper limits on the CMa dwarf galaxy mass of the order of 10$^{9}$ M$_{\odot}$ are derived at the 95% C.L. assuming neutralino masses in the range 500 GeV - 10 TeV and relatively large annihilation cross-sections. Constraints on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section $<σv>$, are calculated for specific WIMP scenarios, using a NFW model for the DM halo profile and taking advantage of numerical simulations of hierarchical structure formation. 95% C.L. exclusion limits of the order of 5 $\times$ 10$^{-24}$ cm$^{3}$ s$^{-1}$ are reached in the 500 GeV - 10 TeV DM particle mass interval, assuming a total halo mass of 3 $\times$ 10$^{8}$ M$_{\odot}$.

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