Astrophysics · arXiv:astro-ph/0404205 v2 · submitted 9 Apr 2004
Have Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes Observed Dark Matter?
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“Here we examine in detail whether the observed γ-rays may arise from the more exotic alternative of annihilations of dark matter particles clustered in the center of the Galaxy.”
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Two ground-based experiments have recently independently detected TeV γ-rays from the direction of the Galactic center. The observations made by the VERITAS and CANGAROO collaborations are unexpected, although not impossible to interpret in terms of astrophysical sources. Here we examine in detail whether the observed γ-rays may arise from the more exotic alternative of annihilations of dark matter particles clustered in the center of the Galaxy.
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| Two ground-based experiments have recently independently detected TeV $\gamma$-rays from the direction of the Galactic center. | background 0.97 | 0.06 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| The observations made by the VERITAS and CANGAROO collaborations are unexpected, although not impossible to interpret in terms of astrophysical sources. | background 0.91 | 0.06 | 0.04 | asserted 0.74 |
| Here we examine in detail whether the observed $\gamma$-rays may arise from the more exotic alternative of annihilations of dark matter particles clustered in the center of the Galaxy. | contribution 1.00 | 0.65 | 0.09 | hedged possibility 0.79 |
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Reviewed papers on Pith that cite this one. The full citation record
- Very high energy gamma rays from the direction of Sagittarius A* astro-ph · Aug 2004
- Challenges in Detecting Gamma-Rays From Dark Matter Annihilations in the Galactic Center astro-ph · Mar 2006
- Gamma Rays from Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter astro-ph · Oct 2004
- Constraints on Cosmological Dark Matter Annihilation from the Fermi-LAT Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Measurement astro-ph.CO · Feb 2010
- Multi-wavelength signals of dark matter annihilations at the Galactic center hep-ph · Feb 2008
- Neutrino Constraints on the Dark Matter Total Annihilation Cross Section astro-ph · Jul 2007
- On The Origin Of The Gamma Rays From The Galactic Center astro-ph.HE · Sep 2011
- Dark Matter and Collider Phenomenology of Universal Extra Dimensions hep-ph · Jan 2007
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Numerous analyses have been dedicated to the study of the GC as a WIMP gamma-ray source, a list of recent references includes, e.g., [ref] .
Multi-wavelength signals of dark matter annihilations at the Galactic center · Introduction · 0.98
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This question was addressed already early after the discovery of the emission (e.g. [ref] ).
Gamma rays from the Galactic Centre region: a review · The Galactic Centre point source as a Dark Matter candidate · 0.89
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The GC region is known to host such diverse $γ$-ray sources as supernova remnants [ref] , highly ionized gas [ref] , dense molecular clouds [ref] , massive O/B stars [ref] , both young and recycled pulsar populations [ref] , as well as being the densest region of dark matter in the Galaxy [ref] .
A Clustering Analysis of the Morphology of the 130 GeV Gamma-Ray Feature · Introduction · 0.97
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