Published December 24, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Sensitivity of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes for anisotropics in the cosmic gamma-ray background

  • 1. Department of Physics, Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg (Germany)
  • 2. Lehrstuhl fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Wuerzburg (Germany)

Description

Self-annihilating dark matter contributes to the extra galactic very high-energy γ-ray background. This contribution is expected to be anisotropic following the density distribution of non-baryonic dark matter. We explore the possibilities to search for these anisotropies with present and future ground-based gamma-ray experiments like H.E.S.S., MAGIC, or CTA. A multipole-expansion of simulated events is used to investigate the sensitivity for anisotropies detectable with narrow field of view observations.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1085
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 767-770
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. international meeting on high energy gamma-ray astronomy
Dates
7-11 Jul 2008
Place
Heidelberg (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41005778
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; BARYONS; COSMIC PHOTONS; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RADIATION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY; SIMULATION; TELESCOPES
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; MATTER; PHOTONS; RADIATIONS

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