Expected exclusion limits to TeV dark matter from the Perseus Cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Authors
  • R. Adam
  • S. Hernández-Cadena
  • M. Hütten
  • J. Pérez-Romero
Publication date 27-09-2024
Journal Proceedings of Science
Event 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
Article number 1436
Volume | Issue number 444
Number of pages 16
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
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.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1436
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85212260108
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