Preprint PUBDB-2023-00168

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Search for Gamma-ray Spectral Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation up to 100 TeV towards the Galactic Center with MAGIC

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2022

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Report No.: KEK-Cosmo-0307; KEK-TH-2487; arXiv:2212.10527

Abstract: Line-like features in TeV $\gamma$-rays constitute a ''smoking gun'' for TeV-scale particle dark matter and new physics. Probing the Galactic Center region with ground-based Cherenkov telescopes enables the search for TeV spectral features in immediate association with a dense dark matter reservoir at a sensitivity out of reach for satellite $\gamma$-ray detectors, and direct detection and collider experiments. We report on 223 hours of observations of the Galactic Center region with the MAGIC stereoscopic telescope system reaching $\gamma$-ray energies up to 100 TeV. We improved the sensitivity to spectral lines at high energies using large-zenith-angle observations and a novel background modeling method within a maximum-likelihood analysis in the energy domain. No line-like spectral feature is found in our analysis. Therefore, we constrain the cross section for dark matter annihilation into two photons to $\langle \sigma v \rangle \lesssim 5 \times 10^{-28}\,\mathrm{cm^3\,s^{-1}}$ at 1 TeV and $\langle \sigma v \rangle \lesssim 1 \times 10^{-25}\,\mathrm{cm^3\,s^{-1}}$ at 100 TeV, achieving the best limits to date for a dark matter mass above 20 TeV and a cuspy dark matter profile at the Galactic Center. Finally, we use the derived limits for both cuspy and cored dark matter profiles to constrain supersymmetric wino models.

Keyword(s): dark matter: annihilation ; energy: high ; dark matter: mass ; scale: TeV ; up: annihilation ; spectral ; galaxy ; MAGIC ; sensitivity ; satellite ; direct detection ; two-photon ; background ; new physics ; Cherenkov counter ; supersymmetry ; gamma ray


Note: Accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett., includes Supplemental materials. 9+4 pages, 3+3 figures, 3 tables. Corresponding authors: T. Inada, D. Kerszberg, M. Hütten

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  1. Experiment MAGIC (Z_MAGIC)
Research Program(s):
  1. 613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613) (POF4-613)
Experiment(s):
  1. Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov

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Search for Gamma-Ray Spectral Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation up to 100 TeV toward the Galactic Center with MAGIC
Physical review letters 130(6), 061002 () [10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.061002]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files  Download fulltextFulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS


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