Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-23
Astrophysical Journal 691 (2009) 175-181
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
A search for a dark matter (DM) annihilation signal into $\gamma$-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 hours of high quality data were collected with the H.E.S.S. array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and no evidence for a very high energy $\gamma$-ray signal is found. Upper limits on the CMa dwarf galaxy mass of the order of 10$^{9}$ M$_{\odot}$ are derived at the 95% C.L. assuming neutralino masses in the range 500 GeV - 10 TeV and relatively large annihilation cross-sections. Constraints on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section $<\sigma v>$, are calculated for specific WIMP scenarios, using a NFW model for the DM halo profile and taking advantage of numerical simulations of hierarchical structure formation. 95% C.L. exclusion limits of the order of 5 $\times$ 10$^{-24}$ cm$^{3}$ s$^{-1}$ are reached in the 500 GeV - 10 TeV DM particle mass interval, assuming a total halo mass of 3 $\times$ 10$^{8}$ M$_{\odot}$.
Aharonian Felix
H-E-S-S Collaboration
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