Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment

F. Aharonian; A. G. Akhperjanian; U. Barres De Almeida; A. R. Bazer-Bachi; B. Behera; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; K. Bernlöhr; G. Bertone; C. Boisson; A. Bochow; V. Borrel; I. Braun; E. Brion; J. Brucker; P. Brun; R. Bühler; T. Bulik; I. Büsching; T. Boutelier; S. Carrigan; P. M. Chadwick; R. C.G. Chaves; L. M. Chounet; A. C. Clapson; G. Coignet; L. Costamante; M. Dalton; B. Degrange; H. J. Dickinson; A. Djannati-Ataï; W. Domainko; L. O.C. Drury; F. Dubois; G. Dubus; J. Dyks; K. Egberts; D. Emmanoulopoulos; P. Espigat; C. Farnier; F. Feinstein; A. Fiasson; A. Förster; G. Fontaine; M. Füßling; S. Gabici; Y. A. Gallant; L. Gérard; B. Giebels; J. F. Glicenstein; B. Glück; P. Goret; C. Hadjichristidis; D. Hauser; M. Hauser; G. Heinzelmann; G. Henri; G. Hermann; J. A. Hinton; A. Hoffmann; W. Hofmann; M. Holleran; S. Hoppe; D. Horns; A. Jacholkowska; O. C. De Jager; I. Jung; K. Katarzyński; S. Kaufmann; E. Kendziorra; M. Kerschhaggl; D. Khangulyan; B. Khélifi; D. Keogh; Nu Komin; K. Kosack; G. Lamanna; I. J. Latham; J. P. Lenain; T. Lohse; V. Marandon; J. M. Martin; O. Martineau-Huynh; A. Marcowith; C. Masterson; D. Maurin; T. J.L. McComb; R. Moderski; E. Moulin; M. Naumann-Godo; M. De Naurois; D. Nedbal; D. Nekrassov; J. Niemiec; S. J. Nolan; S. Ohm; J. P. Olive; E. De Oñawilhelmi; K. J. Orford; J. L. Osborne; M. Ostrowski; M. Panter; G. Pedaletti; G. Pelletier; P. O. Petrucci; S. Pita; G. Pühlhofer; M. Punch; A. Quirrenbach; B. C. Raubenheimer; M. Raue; S. M. Rayner; M. Renaud; F. Rieger; J. Ripken; L. Rob; S. Rosier-Lees; G. Rowell; B. Rudak; J. Ruppel; V. Sahakian; A. Santangelo; R. Schlickeiser; F. M. Schöck; R. Schröder; U. Schwanke; S. Schwarzburg; S. Schwemmer; A. Shalchi; J. L. Skilton; H. Sol; D. Spangler; Stawarz; R. Steenkamp; C. Stegmann; G. Superina; P. H. Tam; J. P. Tavernet; R. Terrier; O. Tibolla; C. Van Eldik; G. Vasileiadis; C. Venter; J. P. Vialle; P. Vincent; M. Vivier; H. J. Völk; F. Volpe; S. J. Wagner; M. Ward; A. A. Zdziarski; A. Zech

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008

Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment

F. Aharonian
, A. G. Akhperjanian
, U. Barres De Almeida
, A. R. Bazer-Bachi
, B. Behera
, M. Beilicke
, W. Benbow
, K. Bernlöhr
, G. Bertone
, C. Boisson
, A. Bochow
, V. Borrel
, I. Braun
, E. Brion
, J. Brucker
, P. Brun
, R. Bühler
, T. Bulik
, I. Büsching
, T. Boutelier

S. Carrigan, P. M. Chadwick, R. C.G. Chaves, L. M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, L. Costamante, M. Dalton, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O.C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, L. Gérard, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. De Jager, I. Jung, K. Katarzyński, S. Kaufmann, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, Nu Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna, I. J. Latham, J. P. Lenain, T. Lohse, V. Marandon, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, D. Maurin, T. J.L. McComb, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. De Naurois, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, J. Niemiec, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J. P. Olive, E. De Oñawilhelmi, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P. O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, L. Rob, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, F. M. Schöck, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, J. L. Skilton, H. Sol, D. Spangler, Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, P. H. Tam, J. P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, O. Tibolla, C. Van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, A. Zech

Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Yerevan Physics Institute
Universite Paris-Saclay
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Universität Hamburg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
LUTH - Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Theories
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
North-West University
Durham University
Université Paris-Sud
European Associated Laboratory for Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
Landessternwarte Heidelberg
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
University of Leeds
University of Tübingen
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Universités Paris VI and VII
Charles University
Institute for Nuclear Physics
Jagiellonian University
The University of Adelaide
Ruhr-University Bochum
University of Namibia

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The HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes has performed, from 2004 to 2007, a survey of the inner galactic plane at photon energies above 100 GeV. About 400 hours of data have been accumulated in the region between -30 and +60degrees in galactic longitude, and between -3 and +3degrees in galactic latitude. Assuming that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, we calculate here the HESS sensitivity map for dark matter annihilations, and derive the first experimental constraints on the ("minispikes") scenario, in which a gamma-ray signal arises from dark matter annihilation around intermediate mass black holes. The data exclude the proposed scenario at a 90% confidence level for dark matter particles with velocity-weighted annihilation cross section σv above 10-28cm3s-1 and mass between 800 GeV and 10 TeV.

Original language	English
Article number	072008
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	78
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., De Almeida, U. B., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Behera, B., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bernlöhr, K., Bertone, G., Boisson, C., Bochow, A., Borrel, V., Braun, I., Brion, E., Brucker, J., Brun, P., Bühler, R., Bulik, T., Büsching, I., ... Zech, A. (2008). Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 78(7), Article 072008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008

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AU - Aharonian, F.

AU - Akhperjanian, A. G.

AU - De Almeida, U. Barres

AU - Bazer-Bachi, A. R.

AU - Behera, B.

AU - Beilicke, M.

AU - Benbow, W.

AU - Bernlöhr, K.

AU - Bertone, G.

AU - Boisson, C.

AU - Bochow, A.

AU - Borrel, V.

AU - Braun, I.

AU - Brion, E.

AU - Brucker, J.

AU - Brun, P.

AU - Bühler, R.

AU - Bulik, T.

AU - Büsching, I.

AU - Boutelier, T.

AU - Carrigan, S.

AU - Chadwick, P. M.

AU - Chaves, R. C.G.

AU - Chounet, L. M.

AU - Clapson, A. C.

AU - Coignet, G.

AU - Costamante, L.

AU - Dalton, M.

AU - Degrange, B.

AU - Dickinson, H. J.

AU - Djannati-Ataï, A.

AU - Domainko, W.

AU - Drury, L. O.C.

AU - Dubois, F.

AU - Dubus, G.

AU - Dyks, J.

AU - Egberts, K.

AU - Emmanoulopoulos, D.

AU - Espigat, P.

AU - Farnier, C.

AU - Feinstein, F.

AU - Fiasson, A.

AU - Förster, A.

AU - Fontaine, G.

AU - Füßling, M.

AU - Gabici, S.

AU - Gallant, Y. A.

AU - Gérard, L.

AU - Giebels, B.

AU - Glicenstein, J. F.

AU - Glück, B.

AU - Goret, P.

AU - Hadjichristidis, C.

AU - Hauser, D.

AU - Hauser, M.

AU - Heinzelmann, G.

AU - Henri, G.

AU - Hermann, G.

AU - Hinton, J. A.

AU - Hoffmann, A.

AU - Hofmann, W.

AU - Holleran, M.

AU - Hoppe, S.

AU - Horns, D.

AU - Jacholkowska, A.

AU - De Jager, O. C.

AU - Jung, I.

AU - Katarzyński, K.

AU - Kaufmann, S.

AU - Kendziorra, E.

AU - Kerschhaggl, M.

AU - Khangulyan, D.

AU - Khélifi, B.

AU - Keogh, D.

AU - Komin, Nu

AU - Kosack, K.

AU - Lamanna, G.

AU - Latham, I. J.

AU - Lenain, J. P.

AU - Lohse, T.

AU - Marandon, V.

AU - Martin, J. M.

AU - Martineau-Huynh, O.

AU - Marcowith, A.

AU - Masterson, C.

AU - Maurin, D.

AU - McComb, T. J.L.

AU - Moderski, R.

AU - Moulin, E.

AU - Naumann-Godo, M.

AU - De Naurois, M.

AU - Nedbal, D.

AU - Nekrassov, D.

AU - Niemiec, J.

AU - Nolan, S. J.

AU - Ohm, S.

AU - Olive, J. P.

AU - De Oñawilhelmi, E.

AU - Orford, K. J.

AU - Osborne, J. L.

AU - Ostrowski, M.

AU - Panter, M.

AU - Pedaletti, G.

AU - Pelletier, G.

AU - Petrucci, P. O.

AU - Pita, S.

AU - Pühlhofer, G.

AU - Punch, M.

AU - Quirrenbach, A.

AU - Raubenheimer, B. C.

AU - Raue, M.

AU - Rayner, S. M.

AU - Renaud, M.

AU - Rieger, F.

AU - Ripken, J.

AU - Rob, L.

AU - Rosier-Lees, S.

AU - Rowell, G.

AU - Rudak, B.

AU - Ruppel, J.

AU - Sahakian, V.

AU - Santangelo, A.

AU - Schlickeiser, R.

AU - Schöck, F. M.

AU - Schröder, R.

AU - Schwanke, U.

AU - Schwarzburg, S.

AU - Schwemmer, S.

AU - Shalchi, A.

AU - Skilton, J. L.

AU - Sol, H.

AU - Spangler, D.

AU - Stawarz,

AU - Steenkamp, R.

AU - Stegmann, C.

AU - Superina, G.

AU - Tam, P. H.

AU - Tavernet, J. P.

AU - Terrier, R.

AU - Tibolla, O.

AU - Van Eldik, C.

AU - Vasileiadis, G.

AU - Venter, C.

AU - Vialle, J. P.

AU - Vincent, P.

AU - Vivier, M.

AU - Völk, H. J.

AU - Volpe, F.

AU - Wagner, S. J.

AU - Ward, M.

AU - Zdziarski, A. A.

AU - Zech, A.

PY - 2008/10/30

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AB - The HESS array of Cherenkov telescopes has performed, from 2004 to 2007, a survey of the inner galactic plane at photon energies above 100 GeV. About 400 hours of data have been accumulated in the region between -30 and +60degrees in galactic longitude, and between -3 and +3degrees in galactic latitude. Assuming that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, we calculate here the HESS sensitivity map for dark matter annihilations, and derive the first experimental constraints on the ("minispikes") scenario, in which a gamma-ray signal arises from dark matter annihilation around intermediate mass black holes. The data exclude the proposed scenario at a 90% confidence level for dark matter particles with velocity-weighted annihilation cross section σv above 10-28cm3s-1 and mass between 800 GeV and 10 TeV.

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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008

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SN - 1550-7998

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JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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M1 - 072008

ER -

Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment

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