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292016.0,
MPI für Kernphysik / High-Energy Astrophysics |
HESS Observations of the Galactic Center Region and Their Possible Dark Matter Interpretation |
Authors: | Aharonian, Felix; Akhperjanian, A. G.; Bazer-Bachi, A. R.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, Wystan; Berge, David; Bernlöhr, K.; Boisson, C.; Bolz, Oliver; Borrel, V.; Braun, Isabel; Brown, A. M.; Bühler, Rolf; Büsching, I.; Carrigan, Svenja; Chadwick, P. M.; Chounet, L.-M.; Cornils, R.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Djannati-Atai, A.; Drury, L.O'C.; Emmanoulopoulos, D.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Ferrero, E.; Fontaine, G.; Funk, S.; Gallant, Y. A.; Giebels, B.; Glicenstein, J. F.; Goret, P.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, Dominik; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, J. A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Horns, D.; de Jager, O. C.; Khélifi, B.; Komin, N.; Konopelko, A.; Latham, I. J.; Le Gallou, R.; Lemière, A.; Lemoine-Goumard, M.; Lohse, T.; Martineau-Huynh, O.; Marcowith, A.; Masterson, C.; McComb, T. J. L.; de Naurois, M.; Nedbal, Dalibor; Nolan, S. J.; Noutsos, A.; Orford, K. J.; Osborne, J. L.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, Michael; Pelletier, G.; Pita, S.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; Raubenheimer, B. C.; Raue, M.; Rayner, S. M.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Ripken, J.; Rob, L.; Rolland, L.; Rowell, Gavin; Sahakian, V.; Saugé, L.; Schlenker, S.; Schlickeiser, R.; Schröder, R.; Schwanke, U.; Sol, H.; Spangler, D.; Steenkamp, R.; Stegmann, C.; Tavernet, J.-P-; Terrier, R.; Tluczykont, M.; Vasileiadis, G.; Venter, C.; Vincent, P.; Völk, H. J.; Wagner, S. J.; Ward, M.; Bolz, O.; Dickinson, H. J.; Dubus, G.; Egberts, Kathrin; Fiasson, A.; Funk, S.; Jacholkowska, A.; Kosack, K.; Martin, J. M.; Spanier, F.; Superina, G.; van Eldik, C.; Funk, Seb. | Language: | English | Corporate body: | F. Aharonian et al. for the H.E.S.S. Collaboration | Research Context: | H.E.S.S. | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2006-12-05 | Title of Journal: | Physical Review Letters | Journal Abbrev.: | Phys. Rev. Lett | Volume: | 97 | Issue / Number: | 22 | Start Page: | 1 | End Page: | 5 | Sequence Number of Article: | 221102 | Copyright: | ©2006 The American Physical Society | Review Status: | Peer-review | Audience: | Experts Only | Abstract / Description: | The detection of gamma rays from the source HESS J1745-290 in the Galactic Center (GC) region with the High Energy Spectroscopic System (HESS) array of Cherenkov telescopes in 2004 is presented. After subtraction of the diffuse -ray emission from the GC ridge, the source is compatible with a point source with spatial extent less than 1.2(stat) (95% C.L.). The measured energy spectrum above 160 GeV is compatible with a power law with photon index of 2.25±0.04(stat)±0.10(syst) and no significant flux variation is detected. It is finally found that the bulk of the very high energy emission must have non-dark-matter origin. | External Publication Status: | published | Document Type: | Article |
Affiliations: | MPI für Kernphysik/Group of W. Hofmann/High Energy Astrophysics (F. Aharonian) MPI für Kernphysik/Group of W. Hofmann/Experimental High-Energy Astrophysics (M. Panter, G. Hermann)
| External Affiliations: | Yerevan Physics Institute, 2 Alikhanian Brothers St., 375036 Yerevan, Armenia
Centre d'Étude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS/UPS, 9 Av. du Colonel Roche, BP 4346, 31029 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
LUTH, UMR 8102 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
University of Durham, Department of Physics, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Unit for Space Physics, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, IN2P3/CNRS, École Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
European Associated Laboratory for Gamma-Ray Astronomy, jointly supported by CNRS and MPG
APC, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Montpellier II, CC 70, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
DAPNIA/DSM/CEA, CE Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, France
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, INSU/CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies, IN2P3/CNRS, Universités Paris VI & VII, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV: Weltraum und Astrophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia
| Identifiers: | URL:http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/e221102 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.221102 | |
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