TY - JOUR
T1 - Have atmospheric Čerenkov telescopes observed dark matter?
AU - Hooper, Dan
AU - De La Perez, Ignacio Calle
AU - Silk, Joseph
AU - Ferrer, Francesc
AU - Sarkar, Subir
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Two ground-based experiments have recently independently detected TeV γ-rays from the direction of the galactic centre. The observations made by the VERITAS and CANGAROO collaborations are unexpected, although not impossible to interpret in terms of astrophysical sources. Here we examine in detail whether the observed γ-rays may arise from the more exotic alternative of annihilations of dark matter particles clustered in the centre of the galaxy.
AB - Two ground-based experiments have recently independently detected TeV γ-rays from the direction of the galactic centre. The observations made by the VERITAS and CANGAROO collaborations are unexpected, although not impossible to interpret in terms of astrophysical sources. Here we examine in detail whether the observed γ-rays may arise from the more exotic alternative of annihilations of dark matter particles clustered in the centre of the galaxy.
KW - Dark matter
KW - Dark matter detectors
KW - High energy photons
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/23244443998
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/09/002
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/09/002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23244443998
SN - 1475-7516
SP - 19
EP - 35
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
IS - 9
ER -