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

Abstract

Line-like features in TeV $\gamma$-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 $\gamma$-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 $\gamma$-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 line-like spectral feature is found in our analysis. Therefore, we constrain the cross section for dark matter annihilation into two photons to $⟨\sigma v⟩\lesssim 5\times 10^{-28}\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}}^3{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$ at 1 TeV and $⟨\sigma v⟩\lesssim 1\times 10^{-25}\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}}^3{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$ at 100 TeV, achieving the best limits to date for a dark matter mass above 20 TeV and a cuspy dark matter profile at the Galactic Center. Finally, we use the derived limits for both cuspy and cored dark matter profiles to constrain supersymmetric wino models.

arXiv commentAccepted in Phys. Rev. Lett., includes Supplemental materials. 9+4 pages, 3+3 figures, 3 tables. Corresponding authors: T. Inada, D. Kerszberg, M. Hütten

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