Indirect search for dark matter in M 31 with the CELESTE experiment

• Authors: LAVALLE J; MANSERI H; JACHOLKOWSKA A; BRION E; BRITTO R; BRUEL P; BUSSONS Gordo J; DUMORA D; DURAND E; GIRAUD E; LOTT B; MÜNZ Filip; NUSS E; PIRON F; REPOSEUR T; SMITH D A
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Astronomy and astrophysics
• Description: If dark matter is made of neutralinos, annihilation of such Majorana particles should produce high energy cosmic rays, especially in galaxy halo high density regions like galaxy centres. M 31 (Andromeda) is our nearest neighbour spiral galaxy, and both its high mass and its low distance make it a source of interest for the indirect search for dark matter through gamma-ray detection. The ground based atmospheric Cherenkov telescope CELESTE observed M 31 from 2001 to 2003, in the mostly unexplored energy range 50-500 GeV.