Three-dimensional Search for Annihilating Dark Matter in CBe dSph with the MAGIC Telescopes

Dark matter (DM) candidates, such as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), can annihilate to Standard Model particles, subsequently producing gamma rays. In this work, we search for DM-induced gamma-ray signals from Coma Berenices dwarf spheroidal galaxy (CBe dSph) using approximately 25 hours of observations carried out by the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) Telescope, located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain. Building upon preceding analyses in the gamma-ray regime, we extend the DM search into three dimensions by incorporating spatial information from the assumed DM-density distribution. This approach enhances sensitivity by leveraging both energy and spatial characteristics of the expected signal. The three-dimensional search for a faint signal necessitates the construction of a background model, leading to the proposal of the exclusion-rotation method. This method stacks all observations, excludes the source region, and corrects for the Azimuth-dependent acceptance of the telescopes by rotating the model.

  • Published in:
    Proceedings of 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2025) Proceedings of 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference PoS(ICRC2025)
  • Type:
    Inproceedings
  • Authors:
    Fröse, Stefan; Elsässer, Dominik; Hildebrandt, Hendrik; Pueschel, Elisa
  • Year:
    2025

Citation information

Fröse, Stefan; Elsässer, Dominik; Hildebrandt, Hendrik; Pueschel, Elisa: Three-dimensional Search for Annihilating Dark Matter in CBe dSph with the MAGIC Telescopes, Proceedings of 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference PoS(ICRC2025), Proceedings of 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2025), 2025, 649, Sissa Medialab, Froese.etal.2025a,