A search for a dark matter annihilation signal toward the canis major overdensity with H.E.S.S.

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A search for a dark matter (DM) annihilation signal into γ-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 hr of high-quality data were collected with the H.E.S.S. array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, and no evidence for a very high energy γ-ray signal is found. Upper limits on the CMa dwarf galaxy mass of the order of 109 M® are derived at the 95% confidence level (CL) assuming neutralino masses in the range 500 GeV-10 TeV and relatively large annihilation cross sections. Constraints on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section 〈σv〉 are calculated for specific weakly interacting massive-particle scenarios, using a Navarro-Frenk-White model for the DM halo profile and taking advantage of numerical simulations of hierarchical structure formation. Assuming a total halo mass of 3 × 108 M®, 95% CL exclusion limits of the order of 5 × 10-24 cm3 s-1 are reached in the 500 GeV-10 TeV DM particle mass interval. © 2009. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..

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