Gamma-rays from Heavy Minimal Dark Matter

Camilo Garcia-Cely, Alejandro Ibarra, Anna S. Lamperstorfer, Michel H.G. Tytgat

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Abstract

Motivated by the Minimal Dark Matter scenario, we consider the annihilation into gamma rays of candidates in the fermionic 5-plet and scalar 7-plet representations of SU(2)L, taking into account both the Sommerfeld effect and the internal bremsstrahlung. Assuming the Einasto profile, we show that present measurements of the Galactic Center by the H.E.S.S. instrument exclude the 5-plet and 7-plet as the dominant form of dark matter for masses between 1 TeV and 20 TeV, in particular, the 5-plet mass leading to the observed dark matter density via thermal freeze-out. We also discuss prospects for the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, which will be able to probe even heavier dark matter masses, including the scenario where the scalar 7-plet is thermally produced.

Original languageEnglish
Article number058
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2015
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Oct 2015

Keywords

  • dark matter experiments
  • dark matter theory
  • gamma ray detectors
  • gamma ray experiments

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