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Title: Dark matter constraints from a joint analysis of dwarf Spheroidal galaxy observations with VERITAS

Abstract

We present constraints on the annihilation cross section of weakly interacting massive particles dark matter based on the joint statistical analysis of four dwarf galaxies with VERITAS. These results are derived from an optimized photon weighting statistical technique that improves on standard imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) analyses by utilizing the spectral and spatial properties of individual photon events.

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Research Org.:
Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Contributing Org.:
The VERITAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1424012
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1349969
Grant/Contract Number:  
sc0010010; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

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Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bourbeau, E., Brantseg, T., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cerruti, M., Christiansen, J. L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Geringer-Sameth, A., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Hütten, M., Håkansson, N., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hummensky, B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Koushiappas, S., Krause, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lin, T. T. Y., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., O’Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rulten, C., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Trepanier, S., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Wilcox, P., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B. Dark matter constraints from a joint analysis of dwarf Spheroidal galaxy observations with VERITAS. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.082001.
Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bourbeau, E., Brantseg, T., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cerruti, M., Christiansen, J. L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Geringer-Sameth, A., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Hütten, M., Håkansson, N., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hummensky, B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Koushiappas, S., Krause, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lin, T. T. Y., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., O’Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rulten, C., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Trepanier, S., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Wilcox, P., Williams, D. A., & Zitzer, B. Dark matter constraints from a joint analysis of dwarf Spheroidal galaxy observations with VERITAS. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.082001
Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bourbeau, E., Brantseg, T., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cerruti, M., Christiansen, J. L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Geringer-Sameth, A., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Hütten, M., Håkansson, N., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hummensky, B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Koushiappas, S., Krause, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lin, T. T. Y., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., O’Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rulten, C., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Trepanier, S., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Wilcox, P., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B. Wed . "Dark matter constraints from a joint analysis of dwarf Spheroidal galaxy observations with VERITAS". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.082001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1424012.
@article{osti_1424012,
title = {Dark matter constraints from a joint analysis of dwarf Spheroidal galaxy observations with VERITAS},
author = {Archambault, S. and Archer, A. and Benbow, W. and Bird, R. and Bourbeau, E. and Brantseg, T. and Buchovecky, M. and Buckley, J. H. and Bugaev, V. and Byrum, K. and Cerruti, M. and Christiansen, J. L. and Connolly, M. P. and Cui, W. and Daniel, M. K. and Feng, Q. and Finley, J. P. and Fleischhack, H. and Fortson, L. and Furniss, A. and Geringer-Sameth, A. and Griffin, S. and Grube, J. and Hütten, M. and Håkansson, N. and Hanna, D. and Hervet, O. and Holder, J. and Hughes, G. and Hummensky, B. and Johnson, C. A. and Kaaret, P. and Kar, P. and Kelley-Hoskins, N. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D. and Koushiappas, S. and Krause, M. and Krennrich, F. and Lang, M. J. and Lin, T. T. Y. and McArthur, S. and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, R. and Nieto, D. and O’Brien, S. and Ong, R. A. and Otte, A. N. and Park, N. and Pohl, M. and Popkow, A. and Pueschel, E. and Quinn, J. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P. T. and Richards, G. T. and Roache, E. and Rulten, C. and Sadeh, I. and Santander, M. and Sembroski, G. H. and Shahinyan, K. and Smith, A. W. and Staszak, D. and Telezhinsky, I. and Trepanier, S. and Tucci, J. V. and Tyler, J. and Wakely, S. P. and Weinstein, A. and Wilcox, P. and Williams, D. A. and Zitzer, B.},
abstractNote = {We present constraints on the annihilation cross section of weakly interacting massive particles dark matter based on the joint statistical analysis of four dwarf galaxies with VERITAS. These results are derived from an optimized photon weighting statistical technique that improves on standard imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) analyses by utilizing the spectral and spatial properties of individual photon events.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.95.082001},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 8,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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