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Searching for Dark Matter Sub-structure with HAWC

Simulations of dark matter show a discrepancy between the expected number of Galactic dark matter sub-halos and how many have been optically observed. Some of these unseen satellites may exist as dark dwarf galaxies: sub-halos like dwarf…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-24 A. U. Abeysekara , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , C. De León , E. De la Fuente , S. Dichiara , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , J. A. García-González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , B. Hona , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , G. Vianello , T. Weisgarber , J. Wood , T. Yapici , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou , J. D. Álvarez

A search for possible dark matter subhalos as IACT targets in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog

We present a systematic search for potential dark matter subhalos in our Galaxy among the 630 unassociated sources included in the First Fermi-LAT Source Catalog. Assuming a hypothetical dark matter particle that could generate observable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-24 D. Nieto , V. Martínez , N. Mirabal , J. A. Barrio , K. Satalecka , S. Pardo , I. Lozano

Observations of Extragalactic Sources with the MAGIC Telescope

MAGIC is currently the world's largest single dish ground based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope. During the first year of operation, more than 20 extragalactic sources have been observed and several of them detected. Here we present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 D. Mazin

Constraints on Cold Dark Matter in the Gamma-ray Halo of NGC 253

A gamma-ray halo in a nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 was found by the CANGAROO-II Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). By fitting the energy spectrum with expected curves from Cold Dark Matter (CDM) annihilations, we constrain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Enomoto , T. Yoshida , S. Yanagita , C. Itoh

Dark Matter search with H.E.S.S. towards ultra-faint dwarf nearby DES satellites of the Milky Way

Several nearby ultra-faint satellites of the Milky Way discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) during the last few years are promising targets for indirect dark matter (DM) searches with very-high-energy (VHE, E$\gtrsim$100 GeV) gamma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-05 Lucia Rinchiuso , Emmanuel Moulin , Céline Armand , Vincent Poireau , H. E. S. S. Collaboration

Highlights of the MAGIC AGN program

MAGIC is a system of two Cherenkov telescopes designed to perform observations of gamma rays with energies from about 50 GeV to tens of TeV. A low energy threshold and an excellent low energy performance make it a powerful instrument for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-22 Julian Sitarek , the MAGIC Collaboration

An optimized search for dark matter in the galactic halo with HAWC

The Galactic Halo is a key target for indirect dark matter detection. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a high-energy (~300 GeV to >100 TeV) gamma-ray detector located in central Mexico. HAWC operates via the water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-19 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , E. Belmont-Moreno , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistran , A. Carraminana , S. Casanova , O. Chaparro-Amaro , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Dıaz-Velez , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , J. A. Garcıa-Gonzalez , F. Garfias , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , V. Joshi , G. J. Kunde , J. Lee , H. Leon Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martınez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , A. Peisker , E. G. Perez-Perez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-Gonzalez , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , J. Serna-Franco , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Urena-Mena , L. Villasenor , X. Wang , H. Zhou , C. de Leon

The Dark Matter Programme of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

In the last decades a vaste amount of evidence for the existence of dark matter has been accumulated. At the same time, many efforts have been undertaken to try to identify what dark matter is. Indirect searches look at places in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 A. Morselli

Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the search for indirect dark matter (DM) signatures in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-26 K. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , F. Acero , A. Acharyya , R. Adam , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , A. Aguirre-Santaella , J. Alfaro , R. Alfaro , C. Alispach , R. Alves Batista , J. -P. Amans , E. Amato , G. Ambrosi , D. Ambrosino , F. Ambrosino , L. Angel , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , C. Arcaro , K. Asano , Y. Ascasibar , L. Augusto Stuani , M. Backes , C. Balazs , M. Balbo , A. Baquero Larriva , V. Barbosa Martins , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios-Jiménez , C. Bartolini , P. I. Batista , I. Batković , R. Batzofin , J. Becerra González , G. Beck , J. Becker Tjus , W. Benbow , D. Berge , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , B. Bertucci , V. Beshley , P. Bhattacharjee , S. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , O. Blanch , J. Blazek , G. Bonnoli , A. Bonollo , Z. Bosnjak , E. Bottacini , M. Böttcher , T. Bringmann , E. Bronzini , R. Brose , G. Brunelli , J. Buces Sáez , M. Bunse , L. Burmistrov , M. Burton , P. G. Calisse , A. Campoy-Ordaz , B. K. Cantlay , G. Capasso , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Caraveo , S. Caroff , R. Carosi , E. Carquin , M. -S. Carrasco , E. Cascone , G. Castignani , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , M. Cerruti , A. Cerviño Cortínez , P. M. Chadwick , Y. Chai , S. Chaty , A. W. Chen , Y. Chen , M. Chernyakova , A. Chiavassa , G. Chon , J. Chudoba , G. M. Cicciari , A. Cifuentes , C. H. Coimbra Araujo , M. Colapietro , V. Conforti , J. L. Contreras , B. Cornejo , J. Cortina , A. Costa , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , O. Cuevas , Z. Curtis-Ginsberg , G. D'Amico , F. D'Ammando , L. David , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , F. De Frondat Laadim , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , M. de Naurois , G. De Palma , V. de Souza , R. Del Burgo , L. del Peral , M. V. del Valle , C. Delgado , D. della Volpe , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , S. Diebold , A. Dinesh , J. Djuvsland , A. Donini , J. Dörner , M. Doro , C. Duangchan , L. Ducci , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. Ebr , C. Eckner , K. Egberts , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , C. Escañuela Nieves , P. Escarate , M. Escobar Godoy , P. Esposito , S. Ettori , D. Falceta-Goncalves , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , Q. Feng , G. Ferrand , F. Ferrarotto , E. Fiandrini , A. Fiasson , M. Filipovic , V. Fioretti , L. Foffano , G. Fontaine , F. Frías García-Lago , Y. Fukazawa , Y. Fukui , A. Furniss , G. Galanti , G. Galaz , S. Gallozzi , V. Gammaldi , S. García Soto , M. Garczarczyk , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , M. Gaug , S. Germani , A. Ghalumyan , F. Gianotti , J. G. Giesbrecht Formiga Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , R. Giuffrida , J. -F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , P. Goldoni , J. M. González , J. Goulart Coelho , T. Gradetzke , J. Granot , L. Gréaux , D. Green , J. G. Green , G. Grolleron , L. M. V. Guedes , O. Gueta , D. Hadasch , P. Hamal , W. Hanlon , S. Hara , V. M. Harvey , T. Hassan , K. Hayashi , B. Heß , L. Heckmann , M. Heller , N. Hiroshima , B. Hnatyk , R. Hnatyk , D. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , D. Horan , P. Horvath , D. Hrupec , S. Hussain , M. Iarlori , T. Inada , F. Incardona , S. Inoue , Y. Inoue , F. Iocco , A. Iuliano , Jahanvi , M. Jamrozy , P. Janecek , F. Jankowsky , C. Jarnot , I. Jaroschewski , P. Jean , I. Jiménez Martínez , W. Jin , J. Jurysek , O. Kalekin , V. Karas , J. Kataoka , S. Kaufmann , D. Kazanas , T. Keita , D. Kerszberg , D. B. Kieda , R. Kissmann , W. Kluźniak , K. Kohri , D. Kolar , N. Komin , P. Kornecki , G. Kowal , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , B. Lacave , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , J. Lapington , S. Lazarević , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leone , E. Leonora , Y. Li , E. Lindfors , M. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , J. Lozano Bahilo , H. Luciani , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , E. Lyard , O. Macias , J. Mackey , P. Majumdar , D. Malyshev , D. Mandat , S. Mangano , G. Manicò , A. Marchetti , M. Mariotti , I. Márquez , G. Marsella , D. Martín Domínguez , G. A. Martínez , M. Martínez , O. Martinez , D. Mazin , A. J. T. S. Mello , J. Mé ndez Gallego , S. Menon , S. Mereghetti , D. M. -A. Meyer , M. Meyer , D. Miceli , M. Miceli , M. Michailidis , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , A. Mitchell , M. Molero , C. Molfese , M. Molina Delicado , E. Molina , T. Montaruli , A. Moralejo , A. Moreno Ramos , A. Morselli , E. Moulin , V. Moya Zamanillo , K. Munari , T. Murach , A. Muraczewski , H. Muraishi , T. Nakamori , R. Nemmen , J. P. Neto , J. Niemiec , D. Nieto , M. Nievas Rosillo , M. Nikołajuk , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , J. -F. Olive , R. A. Ong , R. Orito , M. Orlandini , E. Orlando , S. Orlando , J. Otero-Santos , I. Oya , M. Ozlati Moghadam , A. Pagliaro , M. Palatiello , A. Pandey , G. Panebianco , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , N. Parmiggiani , B. Patricelli , M. 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Zavrtanik , A. Zech , W. Zhang , V. I. Zhdanov , M. Živec , J. Zuriaga-Puig

Mapping large-scale diffuse gamma-ray emission in 10-100 TeV band with Cherenkov telescopes

Measurement of diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Milky Way with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) is difficult because of high level of charged cosmic ray background and small field-of-view. We show that such a measurement…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

Monte Carlo Studies of medium-size telescope designs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We present studies for optimizing the next generation of ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). Results focus on mid-sized telescopes (MSTs) for CTA, detecting very high energy gamma rays in the energy range from a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 M. Wood , T. Jogler , J. Dumm , S. Funk

Studies of the Influence of Moonlight on Observations with the MAGIC Telescope

The ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique is currently the most powerful observation method for very high energy gamma rays. With its specially designed camera and readout system, the MAGIC Telescope is capable of observing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Daniel Britzger , Emiliano Carmona , Pratik Majumdar , Oscar Blanch , Javier Rico , Julian Sitarek , Robert Wagner

Status of the second phase of the MAGIC telescope

The MAGIC 17m diameter Cherenkov telescope will be upgraded with a second telescope with advanced photon detectors and ultra fast readout within the year 2007. The sensitivity of MAGIC-II, the two telescope system, will be improved by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Florian Goebel

Dark matter gamma-ray line searches toward the Galactic Center halo with H.E.S.S. I

The presence of dark matter is nowadays widely supported by a large body of astronomical and cosmological observations. A large amount of dark matter is expected to be present in the central region of the Milky Way. Very-high-energy (>100…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Lucia Rinchiuso , Emmanuel Moulin , Aion Viana , Christopher Van Eldik , Johannes Veh

Dark matter and fundamental physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the next-generation major ground-based gamma-ray observatory. It will be made up of two large arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), with one site in the Northern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Francesco Schiavone

Evidence for a New Light Boson from Cosmological Gamma-Ray Propagation?

An anomalously large transparency of the Universe to gamma rays has recently been discovered by the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. We show that observations can be reconciled with standard blazar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Marco Roncadelli , Alessandro De Angelis , Oriana Mansutti

From MAGIC to CTA: the INAF participation to Cherenkov Telescopes experiments for Very High Energy Astrophysics

The next decade can be considered the "golden age" of the Gamma Ray Astronomy with the two satellites for Gamma Ray Astronomy (AGILE and GLAST) in orbit. Therefore, thanks to many other X-ray experiments already in orbit (e.g. Swift,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-27 L. Angelo Antonelli

Indirect Dark Matter search with large neutrino telescopes

Dark matter is one of the main goals of neutrino astronomy. At present, there are two big neutrino telescopes based on the Cherenkov technique in ice and water: IceCube at the South Pole and ANTARES in the northern hemisphere. Both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-10 Paolo Fermani

The Camera of the MAGIC-II Telescope

The MAGIC 17m diameter Cherenkov telescope will be upgraded with a second telescope within the year 2007. The camera of MAGIC-II will include several new features compared to the MAGIC-I camera. Photomultipliers with the highest available…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-18 C. C. Hsu , A. Dettlaff , D. Fink , F. Goebel , W. Haberer , J. Hose , R. Maier , R. Mirzoyan , W. Pimpl , O. Reimann , A. Rudert , P. Sawallisch , J. Schlammer , S. Schmidl , A. Stipp , M. Teshima

The MAGIC Telescopes - Status and Recent Results

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located on the canary island of La Palma. They provide the lowest energy threshold among existing instruments of the kind, reaching down to 50 GeV in standard trigger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 S. Klepser