TY  - JOUR
AU  - Acharyya, A.
AU  - Adams, C. B.
AU  - Bangale, P.
AU  - Bartkoske, J. T.
AU  - Batista, P.
AU  - Benbow, W.
AU  - Christiansen, J. L.
AU  - Chromey, A. J.
AU  - Duerr, A.
AU  - Errando, M.
AU  - Falcone, A.
AU  - Feng, Q.
AU  - Foote, G. M.
AU  - Fortson, L.
AU  - Furniss, A.
AU  - Hanlon, W.
AU  - Hanna, D.
AU  - Hervet, O.
AU  - Hinrichs, C. E.
AU  - Holder, J.
AU  - Humensky, T. B.
AU  - Jin, W.
AU  - Johnson, M. N.
AU  - Kaaret, P.
AU  - Kertzman, M.
AU  - Kieda, D.
AU  - Kleiner, Tobias Kai
AU  - Korzoun, N.
AU  - Kumar, S.
AU  - Lang, M. J.
AU  - Lundy, M.
AU  - Maier, G.
AU  - McGrath, C. E.
AU  - Millard, M. J.
AU  - Mooney, C. L.
AU  - Moriarty, P.
AU  - Mukherjee, R.
AU  - Ning, W.
AU  - O’Brien, S.
AU  - Ong, R. A.
AU  - Park, N.
AU  - Pohl, M.
AU  - Pueschel, E.
AU  - Quinn, J.
AU  - Rabinowitz, P. L.
AU  - Ragan, K.
AU  - Reynolds, P. T.
AU  - Ribeiro, D.
AU  - Roache, E.
AU  - Ryan, J. L.
AU  - Sadeh, I.
AU  - Saha, L.
AU  - Sembroski, G. H.
AU  - Shang, R.
AU  - Splettstoesser, M.
AU  - Tak, D.
AU  - Talluri, A. K.
AU  - Tucci, J. V.
AU  - Vassiliev, V. V.
AU  - Weinstein, A.
AU  - Williams, D. A.
AU  - Wong, S. L.
TI  - Indirect search for dark matter with a combined analysis of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from VERITAS
JO  - Physical review / D
VL  - 110
IS  - 6
SN  - 2470-0010
CY  - Ridge, NY
PB  - American Physical Society
M1  - PUBDB-2025-01215
M1  - arXiv:2407.16518
SP  - 063034
PY  - 2024
N1  - 18 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, accepted in PRD
AB  - Understanding the nature and identity of dark matter is a key goal in the physics community. In the case that TeV-scale dark matter particles decay or annihilate into Standard Model particles, very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays (greater than 100 GeV) will be present in the final state. The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array that can indirectly detect VHE gamma rays in an energy range of 100 GeV to >30 TeV. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are ideal candidates in the search for dark matter due to their high dark matter content, high mass-to-light ratios, and their low gamma-ray fluxes from astrophysical processes. This study uses a legacy dataset of 638 h collected on 17 dSphs, built over 11 years with an observing strategy optimized according to the dark matter content of the targets. The study addresses a broad dark matter particle mass range, extending from 200 GeV to 30 PeV. In the absence of a detection, we set the upper limits on the dark matter velocity-weighted annihilation cross section.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001407409000011
DO  - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063034
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/625890
ER  -