Search for TeV Gamma-Rays from the Andromeda Galaxy and for Supersymmetric Dark Matter in the Core of M31

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Using the HEGRA system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, the Andromeda galaxy (M31) was surveyed for TeV gamma ray emission. Given the large field of view of the HEGRA telescopes, three pointings were sufficient to cover all of M31, including also M32 and NGC205. No indications for point sources of TeV gamma rays were found. upper limits are given at a level of a few percent of the Crab flux. A specific search for mono energetic gamma-ray lines from annihilation of supersymmetric dark matter particles accumulating near the center of M31 resulted in flux limits in the 10-13 cm-2 s-1 range, well above the predicted MSSM flux levels except for models with pronounced dark-matter spikes or strongly enhanced annihilation rates.

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