Search for Gamma-Ray Spectral Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation up to 100 TeV toward the Galactic Center with MAGIC

(MAGIC Collaboration)

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Abstract

Linelike features in TeV γ rays constitute a "smoking gun"for TeV-scale particle dark matter and new physics. Probing the Galactic Center region with ground-based Cherenkov telescopes enables the search for TeV spectral features in immediate association with a dense dark matter reservoir at a sensitivity out of reach for satellite γ-ray detectors, and direct detection and collider experiments. We report on 223 hours of observations of the Galactic Center region with the MAGIC stereoscopic telescope system reaching γ-ray energies up to 100 TeV. We improved the sensitivity to spectral lines at high energies using large-zenith-angle observations and a novel background modeling method within a maximum-likelihood analysis in the energy domain. No linelike spectral feature is found in our analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061002
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume130
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023/02/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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