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Search for dark matter annihilation signals from unidentified Fermi-LAT objects with H.E.S.S.

  • H.E.S.S. Collaboration
  • University of Tübingen
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
  • University of Namibia
  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  • Russian-Armenian University
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • North-West University
  • LTHE (UMR 5564 CNRS/IRD/Université de Grenoble)
  • University of Oxford
  • Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • c/o DESY
  • Jagiellonian University
  • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • Linnaeus University, Växjö
  • LUTH - Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Theories
  • Sorbonne Université
  • University of Warsaw
  • UMR 5797
  • Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Potsdam
  • University of Adelaide
  • Ip Paris
  • Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
  • University of Innsbruck
  • Universität Hamburg
  • Landessternwarte Heidelberg
  • Nicolaus Copernicus University
  • Rikkyo University
  • Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • University of the Free State
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Yerevan Physics Institute

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Cosmological N-body simulations show that Milky-Way-sized galaxies harbor a population of unmerged dark matter subhalos. These subhalos could shine in gamma rays and be eventually detected in gamma-ray surveys as unidentified sources. We search for very-high-energy (VHE, E ≥ 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission using H.E.S.S. observations carried out from a thorough selection of unidentified Fermi-LAT Objects (UFOs) as dark matter subhalo candidates. Provided that the dark matter mass is higher than a few hundred GeV, the emission of the UFOs can be well described by dark matter annihilation models. No significant VHE gamma-ray emission is detected in any UFO dataset nor in their combination. We, therefore, derive constraints on the product of the velocity-weighted annihilation cross-section hσυi by the J-factor on dark matter models describing the UFO emissions. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are derived on hσυiJ in W+W− and τ+τ− annihilation channels for the TeV dark matter particles. Focusing on thermal WIMPs, strong constraints on the J-factors are obtained from H.E.S.S. observations. Adopting model-dependent predictions from cosmological N-body simulations on the J-factor distribution function for Milky Way (MW)-sized galaxies, only . 0.3 TeV mass dark matter models marginally allow to explain observed UFO emission.

langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article538
journalProceedings of Science
Volume395
étatPublié - 18 mars 2022
Evénement37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Allemagne
Durée: 12 juil. 202123 juil. 2021

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