Indirect search for Dark Matter with H.E.S.S. |
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Authors: | D. Horns for the H.E.S.S. collaboration |
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Affiliation: | aInstitute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Sand 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany |
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Abstract: | Observations of the Galactic center region with the H.E.S.S. telescopes have established the existence of a steady, extended source of gamma-ray emission coinciding with the position of the super massive black hole Sgr A*. This is a remarkable finding given the expected presence of dense self-annihilating Dark Matter in the Galactic center region. The self-annihilation process is giving rise to gamma-ray production through hadronization including the production of neutral pions which decay into gamma-rays but also through (loop-suppressed) annihilation into final states of almost mono-energetic photons. We study the observed gamma-ray signal (spectrum and shape) from the Galactic center in the context of Dark Matter annihilation and indicate the prospects for further indirect Dark Matter searches with H.E.S.S. |
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Keywords: | Dark Matter Gamma-ray Extended air shower observation Galactic center |
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