Published November 28, 2006
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Journal article
Dark Matter in Draco: new considerations of the expected gamma flux in IACTs
- 1. Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC), E-18008, Granada (Spain)
- 2. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw (Poland)
Description
A new revision of the gamma flux that we expect to detect in Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) from SUSY dark matter annihilation in the Draco dSph is presented using the dark matter density profiles compatible with the latest observations. This revision takes also into account the important effect of the Point Spread Function (PSF) of the Cherenkov telescope. We show that this effect is crucial in the way we will observe and interpret a possible signal profile in the telescope. Given these new considerations, some light can be shed on the recent signal excess reported by the CACTUS experiment
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2409077;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0609652v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 878
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 125-131
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 2. international conference on the dark side of the universe
- Acronym
- DSU 2006
- Dates
- 20-24 Jun 2006
- Place
- Madrid (Spain)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38062991
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; GAMMA DETECTION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; SIGNALS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TELESCOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; INTERACTIONS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics