26–30 juil. 2010
Montpellier 2 University
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris

DM searches with H.E.S.S. towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies

29 juil. 2010, 09:20
20m
Salle des Actes (Montpellier 2 University)

Salle des Actes

Montpellier 2 University

Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 FRANCE

Orateur

M. Aion Viana (IRFU/CEA-Saclay)

Description

The H.E.S.S. experiment is an array of four identical imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in the Southern hemisphere, designed to observe very high energy gamma-rays (E > 100 GeV). These high energy gamma-rays can be used to search for annihilations of Dark Matter particles in dense environments. Dwarf galaxies dynamics shows that they are Dark Matter-dominated environments. Several observation campaigns on dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way were launched by H.E.S.S.. The observations are reviewed. In the absence of clear signals, constraints on the Dark Matter particle annihilation cross-section have been derived in different particle physics scenarios. Some possible enhancements of the gamma-ray flux are studied, i.e., the Sommerfeld effect, the internal bremsstrahlung and the substructures in the Dark Matter halo.

Author

M. Aion Viana (IRFU/CEA-Saclay)

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