Searching for TeV dark matter by atmospheric Čerenkov techniques

• DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(92)91494-t
• Publication Date: 2002-11-12T06:13:41Z
• Authors: M. Urban; A. Bouquet; B. Degrange; P. Fleury; J. Kaplan; A.L. Melchior; E. Paré
• Keywords: [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Astrophysics (astro-ph); FOS: Physical sciences; [SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Astrophysics; 01 natural sciences; [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; [PHYS.HPHE] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); [PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; 13. Climate action; [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]; 0103 physical sciences

There is a growing interest in the possibility that dark matter could be formed of weakly interacting particles with a mass in the 100 GeV - 2 TeV range, and supersymmetric particles are favorite candidates. If they constitute the dark halo of our Galaxy, their mutual annihilations produce energetic gamma rays that could be detected using existing atmospheric uCerenkov techniques.<br/>10 pp, LaTex (3 figures available by e-mail) PAR-LPTHE 92XX<br/>