Present and future constraints on secluded dark matter in the Galactic Halo with TeV Gamma-ray observatories

Author(s)

Fortes, Guilherme N. ; Queiroz, Farinaldo S. ; Siqueira, Clarissa ; Viana, Aion

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics; v. N/A, n. 7, p. 19-pg., 2023-07-01.

Abstract

The dark matter relic density may be governed by the presence of new mediators that connect the dark matter field with the Standard Model particles. When the dark matter particle mass is larger than the mediator's, the pair production of mediators is kinematically open. This setup is known in the literature as secluded dark matter. Motivated by the appearance of secluded dark matter in several model building endeavours, we investigate the sensitivity of TeV gamma-ray instruments in the Southern Hemisphere namely, H.E.S.S., CTA, and SWGO to secluded dark matter annihilating in the Galactic Halo. We exploit the complementarity aspects of these detectors to find restrictive bounds on the annihilation cross-section for different annihilation channels. In particular, for a dark matter particle mass of 2TeV, H.E.S.S. is able to constraint <sigma upsilon > >= 4 x 10(-26) cm(3) s(-1) at 95% confidence level for the 4q and 4 tau channel, while CTA will be sensitive to <sigma upsilon > >= 7 x 10(-27) cm(3) s(-1) and SWGO <sigma upsilon > >= 6 x 10(-27) cm(3) s(-1) for the 4 tau channel, both well below the thermal relic cross-section. In fact, the combination of CTA and SWGO will be able to probe cross-sections below the thermal relic value for dark matter particles in the whole mass range between 100 GeV and 100TeV in the 4q and 4 tau channels, and between 100 GeV and similar to 40TeV in the 4b channel. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/14335-0 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for Theoretical Physics
• Grantee: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Support Opportunities: Special Projects
• FAPESP's process: 19/14893-3 - Extreme phenomena of the Galactic Center and indirect searches of dark matter with gamma rays
• Grantee: Aion da Escóssia Melo Viana
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/00320-9 - Searching for dark matter in light of CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array)
• Grantee: Clarissa Martins Siqueira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 15/15897-1 - Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTA
• Grantee: Luiz Vitor de Souza Filho
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants