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

Autor(es)

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

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics; v. N/A, n. 7, p. 19-pg., 2023-07-01.

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 21/14335-0 - ICTP Instituto Sul-Americano para Física Fundamental: um centro regional para Física Teórica
• Beneficiário: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Projetos Especiais
• Processo FAPESP: 19/14893-3 - Fenômenos extremos no Centro Galáctico e busca indireta de matéria escura com raios gama
• Beneficiário: Aion da Escóssia Melo Viana
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 20/00320-9 - Busca por matéria escura à luz do CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array)
• Beneficiário: Clarissa Martins Siqueira
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 15/15897-1 - Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTA
• Beneficiário: Luiz Vitor de Souza Filho
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático