Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

Carlile, C. (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation,Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Astrofysik,Fysiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization,Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics - Undergoing reorganization,Faculty of Science,Astrophysics,Department of Physics,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH

Dravins, D. (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation,Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Astrofysik,Fysiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization,Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics - Undergoing reorganization,Faculty of Science,Astrophysics,Department of Physics,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH

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Trieste, Italy : Sissa Medialab, 2022
2022
English.
In: 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021) - GAI - Gamma Ray Indirect. - Trieste, Italy : Sissa Medialab. - 1824-8039. ; 395

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Abstract Subject headings

High-energy gamma rays are promising tools to constrain or reveal the nature of dark matter, in particular Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. Being well into its pre-construction phase, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will soon probe the sky in the 20 GeV - 300 TeV energy range. Thanks to its improved energy and angular resolutions as well as significantly larger effective area when compared to the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes, CTA is expected to probe heavier dark matter, with unprecedented sensitivity, reaching the thermal annihilation cross-section at 1 TeV. This talk will summarise the planned dark matter search strategies with CTA, focusing on the signal from the Galactic centre. As observed with the Fermi LAT at lower energies, this region is rather complex and CTA will be the first ground-based observatory sensitive to the large scale diffuse astrophysical emission from that region. We report on the collaboration effort to study the impact of such extended astrophysical backgrounds on the dark matter search, based on Fermi-LAT data in order to guide our observational strategies, taking into account various sources of systematic uncertainty. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons.

NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)

By the author/editor: Eckner, Christop ...; Abdalla, H.; Carlile, C.; Dravins, D.; Zmija, A.

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