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EAS Publications Series
Volume 36, 2009
Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories
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Page(s) | 291 - 295 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/0936041 | |
Published online | 30 May 2009 |
E. Pécontal, T. Buchert, Ph. Di Stefano and Y. Copin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 36 (2009) 291-295
Recent results on indirect dark matter searches with H.E.S.S.
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IRFU/DSM, CE Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/
Corresponding author: matthieu.vivier@cea.fr
The annihilations of WIMPs can lead to the production of very-high energy (VHE) γ-rays in the final state. These VHE γ-rays may be detected by Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) like the H.E.S.S. instrument. We review here the search for such annihilations towards the Galactic Center and the Canis Major overdensity. Constraints on the velocity-weighted cross-sections ⟨σv⟩ of WIMPs are computed within the framework of supersymmetric and Kaluza-Klein extensions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
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