An optimized search for dark matter in the galactic halo with HAWC

A. Albert; R. Alfaro; C. Alvarez; J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez; D. Avila Rojas; H. A. Ayala Solares; E. Belmont-Moreno; K. S. Caballero-Mora; T. Capistrán; A. Carramiñana; S. Casanova; O. Chaparro-Amaro; U. Cotti; J. Cotzomi; E. De la Fuente; R. Diaz Hernandez; B. L. Dingus; M. A. DuVernois; M. Durocher; J. C. Díaz-Vélez; C. Espinoza; K. L. Fan; N. Fraija; J. A. García-González; F. Garfias; M. M. González; J. A. Goodman; J. P. Harding; D. Huang; F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla; A. Iriarte; V. Joshi; G. J. Kunde; J. Lee; H. León Vargas; J. T. Linnemann; A. L. Longinotti; G. Luis-Raya; J. Lundeen; K. Malone; O. Martinez; J. Martínez-Castro; J. A. Matthews; E. Moreno; M. Mostafá; A. Nayerhoda; L. Nellen; A. Peisker; E. G. Pérez-Pérez; C. D. Rho; D. Rosa-González; H. Salazar; D. Salazar-Gallegos; A. Sandoval; J. Serna-Franco; R. W. Springer; O. Tibolla; K. Tollefson; I. Torres; R. Torres-Escobedo; R. Turner; F. Ureña-Mena; L. Villaseñor; X. Wang; H. Zhou; C. de León

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2023/12/038

An optimized search for dark matter in the galactic halo with HAWC

A. Albert
, R. Alfaro
, C. Alvarez
, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez
, D. Avila Rojas
, H. A. Ayala Solares
, E. Belmont-Moreno
, K. S. Caballero-Mora
, T. Capistrán
, A. Carramiñana
, S. Casanova
, O. Chaparro-Amaro
, U. Cotti
, J. Cotzomi
, E. De la Fuente
, R. Diaz Hernandez
, B. L. Dingus
, M. A. DuVernois
, M. Durocher
, J. C. Díaz-Vélez

C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, N. Fraija, J. A. García-González, F. Garfias, M. M. González, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, A. Iriarte, V. Joshi, G. J. Kunde, J. Lee, H. León Vargas, J. T. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, O. Martinez, J. Martínez-Castro, J. A. Matthews, E. Moreno, M. Mostafá, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, A. Peisker, E. G. Pérez-Pérez, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-González, H. Salazar, D. Salazar-Gallegos, A. Sandoval, J. Serna-Franco, R. W. Springer, O. Tibolla, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Ureña-Mena, L. Villaseñor, X. Wang, H. Zhou, C. de León

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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Pennsylvania State University
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Polish Academy of Sciences
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Universidad de Guadalajara
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Michigan Technological University
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Michigan State University
Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca
University of New Mexico
University of Seoul
University of Utah
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Abstract

The Galactic Halo is a key target for indirect dark matter detection. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a high-energy (∼300 GeV to >100 TeV) gamma-ray detector located in central Mexico. HAWC operates via the water Cherenkov technique and has both a wide field of view of ∼ 2 sr and a >95% duty cycle, making it ideal for analyses of highly extended sources. We made use of these properties of HAWC and a new background-estimation technique optimized for extended sources to probe a large region of the Galactic Halo for dark matter signals. With this approach, we set improved constraints on dark matter annihilation and decay between masses of 10 and 100 TeV. Due to the large spatial extent of the HAWC field of view, these constraints are robust against uncertainties in the Galactic dark matter spatial profile.

Original language	English
Article number	038
Journal	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume	2023
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/12/038
State	Published - 1 Dec 2023

Keywords

cosmic ray experiments
dark matter detectors
dark matter experiments
gamma ray experiments

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Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Avila Rojas, D., Ayala Solares, H. A., Belmont-Moreno, E., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistrán, T., Carramiñana, A., Casanova, S., Chaparro-Amaro, O., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., De la Fuente, E., Diaz Hernandez, R., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Durocher, M., ... de León, C. (2023). An optimized search for dark matter in the galactic halo with HAWC. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2023(12), Article 038. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/12/038

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