Expected exclusion limits to TeV dark matter from the Perseus Cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Adam, R. ; Carlile, C. LU ; Dravins, D. LU
and Zuriaga-Puig, J.
(2024)
38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
In Proceedings of Science
444.
- Abstract
- Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the Universe. They are composed of galaxies and gas (approximately 15% of the total mass) mostly dark matter (DM, accounts up to 85% of the total mass). If the DM is composed of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), galaxy clusters represent one of the best targets to search for gamma-ray signals induced by the decay of WIMPs, with masses around the TeV scale. Due to its sensitivity and energy range of operation (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV), the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory has a unique opportunity to test WIMPs with masses close to the unitarity limit. This will complement the searches for DM from other gamma-ray observatories as well as direct and... (More)
- Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the Universe. They are composed of galaxies and gas (approximately 15% of the total mass) mostly dark matter (DM, accounts up to 85% of the total mass). If the DM is composed of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), galaxy clusters represent one of the best targets to search for gamma-ray signals induced by the decay of WIMPs, with masses around the TeV scale. Due to its sensitivity and energy range of operation (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV), the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory has a unique opportunity to test WIMPs with masses close to the unitarity limit. This will complement the searches for DM from other gamma-ray observatories as well as direct and collider experiments. The CTA Observatory is planning to search for gamma-ray emission, either its origin may be cosmic-ray (CR) or DM related, in the Perseus galaxy cluster during the first years of operation. In this poster, we will present the software created to perform the analysis using the ctools software and the corresponding results. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons. (Less)
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- Adam, R.
; Carlile, C.
LU
; Dravins, D.
LU
and Zuriaga-Puig, J.
- author collaboration
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Cerenkov counters, Colliding beam accelerators, Dark Matter, Negative ions, Photons, Positive ions, Telescopes, Bound structure, Cherenkov telescope arrays, Cluster of galaxies, Dark matter, Energy ranges, Galaxies clusters, Gamma-ray signal, Sensitivity range, Total mass, Weakly interacting massive particles, Cosmic rays
- host publication
- Proceedings of Science : 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023)
- series title
- Proceedings of Science
- volume
- 444
- article number
- 1436
- conference name
- 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
- conference location
- Nagoya, Japan
- conference dates
- 2023-07-26 - 2023-08-03
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85212260108
- ISSN
- 1824-8039
- DOI
- 10.22323/1.444.1436
- language
- English
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abstract = {{Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the Universe. They are composed of galaxies and gas (approximately 15% of the total mass) mostly dark matter (DM, accounts up to 85% of the total mass). If the DM is composed of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), galaxy clusters represent one of the best targets to search for gamma-ray signals induced by the decay of WIMPs, with masses around the TeV scale. Due to its sensitivity and energy range of operation (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV), the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory has a unique opportunity to test WIMPs with masses close to the unitarity limit. This will complement the searches for DM from other gamma-ray observatories as well as direct and collider experiments. The CTA Observatory is planning to search for gamma-ray emission, either its origin may be cosmic-ray (CR) or DM related, in the Perseus galaxy cluster during the first years of operation. In this poster, we will present the software created to perform the analysis using the ctools software and the corresponding results. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons.}},
author = {{Adam, R. and Carlile, C. and Dravins, D. and Zuriaga-Puig, J.}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of Science : 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023)}},
issn = {{1824-8039}},
keywords = {{Cerenkov counters; Colliding beam accelerators; Dark Matter; Negative ions; Photons; Positive ions; Telescopes; Bound structure; Cherenkov telescope arrays; Cluster of galaxies; Dark matter; Energy ranges; Galaxies clusters; Gamma-ray signal; Sensitivity range; Total mass; Weakly interacting massive particles; Cosmic rays}},
language = {{eng}},
series = {{Proceedings of Science}},
title = {{Expected exclusion limits to TeV dark matter from the Perseus Cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1436}},
doi = {{10.22323/1.444.1436}},
volume = {{444}},
year = {{2024}},
}