2009ApJ...691..175A

Query : 2009ApJ...691..175A

2009ApJ...691..175A - Astrophys. J., 691, 175-181 (2009/January-3)

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

AHARONIAN F., AKHPERJANIAN A.G., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BAZER-BACHI A.R., BEHERA B., BENBOW W., BERNLOHR K., BOISSON C., BOCHOW V., BORREL V., BRAUN I., BRION E., BRUCKER J., BRUN P., BUHLER R., BULIK T., BUSCHING I., BOUTELIER T., CARRIGAN S., CHADWICK P.M., CHARBONNIER A., CHAVES R.C.G., CHEESEBROUGH A., CHOUNET L.-M., CLAPSON A.C., COIGNET G., COSTAMANTE L., DALTON M., DEGRANGE B., DEIL C., DICKINSON H.J., DJANNATI-ATAI A., DOMAINKO W., DRURY L.O'C., DUBOIS F., DUBUS G., DYKS J., DYRDA M., EGBERTS K., EMMANOULOPOULOS D., ESPIGAT P., FARNIER C., FEINSTEIN F., FIASSON A., FORSTER A., FONTAINE G., FUSSLING M., GABICI S., GALLANT Y.A., GERARD L., GIEBELS B., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GLUCK B., GORET P., HADJICHRISTIDIS C., HAUSER D., HAUSER M., HEINZ S., HEINZELMANN G., HENRI G., HERMANN G., HINTON J.A., HOFFMANN A., HOFMANN W., HOLLERAN M., HOPPE S., HORNS D., JACHOLKOWSKA A., DE JAGER O.C., JUNG I., KATARZYNSKI K., KAUFMANN S., KENDZIORRA E., KERSCHHAGGL M., KHANGULYAN D., KHELIFI B., KEOGH D., KOMIN N., KOSACK K., LAMANNA G., LENAIN J.-P., LOHSE T., MARANDON V., MARTIN J.M., MARTINEAU-HUYNH O., MARCOWITH A., MAURIN D., McCOMB T.J.L., MEDINA C., MODERSKI R., MOULIN E., NAUMANN-GODO M., DE NAUROIS M., NEDBAL D., NEKRASSOV D., NIEMIEC J., NOLAN S.J., OHM S., OLIVE J.-F., DE ONA WILHELMI E., ORFORD K.J., OSBORNE J.L., OSTROWSKI M., PANTER M., PEDALETTI G., PELLETIER G., PETRUCCI P.-O., PITA S., PUHLHOFER G., PUNCH M., QUIRRENBACH A., RAUBENHEIMER B.C., RAUE M., RAYNER S.M., RENAUD M., RIEGER F., RIPKEN J., ROB L., ROSIER-LEES S., ROWELL G., RUDAK B., RULTEN C.B., RUPPEL J., SAHAKIAN V., SANTANGELO A., SCHLICKEISER R., SCHOCK F.M., SCHRODER R., SCHWANKE U., SCHWARZBURG S., SCHWEMMER S., SHALCHI A., SKILTON J.L., SOL H., SPANGLER D., STAWARZ L., STEENKAMP R., STEGMANN C., SUPERINA G., TAM P.H., TAVERNET J.-P., TERRIER R., TIBOLLA O., VAN ELDIK C., VASILEIADIS G., VENTER C., VIALLE J.P., VINCENT P., VIVIER M., VOLK H.J., VOLPE F., WAGNER S.J., WARD M., ZDZIARSKI A.A. and ZECH A.

Abstract (from CDS):

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 hr of high-quality data were collected with the H.E.S.S. array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, 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 109 M☉ are derived at the 95% confidence level (CL) assuming neutralino masses in the range 500 GeV-10 TeV and relatively large annihilation cross sections. Constraints on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section #963;v are calculated for specific weakly interacting massive-particle scenarios, using a Navarro-Frenk-White model for the DM halo profile and taking advantage of numerical simulations of hierarchical structure formation. Assuming a total halo mass of 3x108 M☉, 95% CL exclusion limits of the order of 5x10–24 cm3/s are reached in the 500 GeV-10 TeV DM particle mass interval.

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Journal keyword(s): dark matter - galaxies: dwarf - gamma rays: observations

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Gal Anticenter reg 05 46 +28.9           ~ 1024 0
2 NAME CMa Dwarf Galaxy G 07 12.6 -27 40     -0.1     ~ 203 1
3 NAME Virgo Cluster ClG 12 30 47.8 +12 23 07           ~ 7107 0
4 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
5 Z 300-12 G 17 20 14.335 +57 55 16.39   12.40 10.6     ~ 1428 1
6 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
7 NAME SDG G 18 55 19.0 -30 32 43   4.5 3.6     ~ 2438 2

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