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Observations of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy by the HESS experiment and search for a dark matter signal

  • F. Aharonian
  • , A. G. Akhperjanian
  • , A. R. Bazer-Bachi
  • , M. Beilicke
  • , W. Benbow
  • , D. Berge
  • , K. Bernlöhr
  • , C. Boisson
  • , O. Bolz
  • , V. Borrel
  • , I. Braun
  • , E. Brion
  • , A. M. Brown
  • , R. Bühler
  • , I. Büsching
  • , T. Boutelier
  • , S. Carrigan
  • , P. M. Chadwick
  • , L. M. Chounet
  • , G. Coignet
  • R. Cornils, L. Costamante, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, L. O.C. Drury, G. Dubus, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, E. Ferrero, A. Fiasson, G. Fontaine, Seb Funk, S. Funk, M. Füßling, Y. A. Gallant, 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, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, B. Khélifi, Nu Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna, I. J. Latham, R. Le Gallou, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, T. Lohse, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, G. Maurin, T. J.L. McComb, E. Moulin, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, S. J. Nolan, A. Noutsos, E. Nuss, J. P. Olive, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Panter, G. Pelletier, P. O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, S. Ranchon, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, L. Saugé, S. Schlenker, R. Schlickeiser, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, H. Sol, D. Spangler, F. Spanier, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, P. H. Tam, J. P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, M. Tluczykont, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  • Yerevan Physics Institute
  • CNRS
  • Universität Hamburg
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Sorbonne Univ.
  • Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS and CEA
  • Durham University
  • North-West University
  • Division Technique
  • Ip Paris
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • MPG
  • Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Landessternwarte Heidelberg
  • Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
  • Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
  • University of Tübingen
  • Universités Paris VI and VII
  • Charles University
  • Ruhr-University Bochum
  • University of Namibia

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Résumé

Observations of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) galaxy were carried out with the HESS array of four imaging air Cherenkov telescopes in June 2006. A total of 11 h of high quality data are available after data selection. There is no evidence for a very high energy γ-ray signal above the energy threshold at the target position. A 95% CL flux limit of 3.6 × 10- 12 cm- 2 s- 1 above 250 GeV has been derived. Constraints on the velocity-weighted cross-section 〈 σ v 〉 are calculated in the framework of dark matter particle annihilation using realistic models for the dark matter halo profile of Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Two different models have been investigated encompassing a large class of halo types. A 95% CL exclusion limit on 〈 σ v 〉 of the order of 2 × 10- 25 cm3 s- 1 is obtained for a core profile in the 100 GeV-1 TeV neutralino mass range.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)55-62
Nombre de pages8
journalAstroparticle Physics
Volume29
Numéro de publication1
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 1 janv. 2008
Modification externeOui

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