Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Aharonian, F ^a,n   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   De Almeida, U Barres ^h   Bazer Bachi, A R ^c   Behera, B ⁿ   Beilicke, M ^d   Benbow, W ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,e   Bertone, G ^f   Boisson, C ^g   Bochow, A ^a   Borrel, V ^c   Braun, I ^a   Brion, E ^h   Brucker, J ^q   Brun, P ^h   Buhler R ^a   Bulik, T ^x   Busching I ^j   Boutelier, T ^c   Carrigan, S ^a   Chadwick, P M ⁱ   Chaves, R C G ^a   Chounet, L M ^k   Clapson, A C ^a   Coignet, G ^l   Costamante, L ^a,ac   Dalton, M ^e   Degrange, B ^k   Dickinson, H J ⁱ   Djannati Atai A ^m   Domainko, W ^a   Drury, L O'C ⁿ   Dubois, F ^l   Dubus, G ^c   Dyks, J ^x   Egberts, K ^a   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^o   Espigat, P ^m   Farnier, C ^p   Feinstein, F ^p   Fiasson, A ^p   Forster A ^a   Fontaine, G ^k   Fußling M ^e   Gabici, S ⁿ   Gallant, Y A ^p   Gerard L ^m   Giebels, B ^k   Glicenstein, J F ^h   Gluck B ^q   Goret, P ^h   Hadjichristidis, C ⁱ   Hauser, D ^o   Hauser, M ^o   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Henri, G ^c   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^y   Hoffmann, A ^r   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ^j   Hoppe, S ^a   Horns, D ^d   Jacholkowska, A ^p   De Jager, O C ^j   Jung, I ^q   Katarzynski K ^aa   Kaufmann, S ^o   Kendziorra, E ^r   Kerschhaggl, M ^e   Khangulyan, D ^a   Khelifi B ^k   Keogh, D ⁱ   Komin, Nu ^p   Kosack, K ^a   Lamanna, G ^l   Latham, I J ⁱ   Lenain, J P ^g   Lohse, T ^e   Marandon, V ^m   Martin, J M ^g   Martineau Huynh, O ^s   Marcowith, A ^p   Masterson, C ⁿ   Maurin, D ^s   McComb, T J L ⁱ   Moderski, R ^x   Moulin, E ^h   Naumann Godo, M ^k   De Naurois, M ^s   Nedbal, D ^t   Nekrassov, D ^a   Niemiec, J ^ab   Nolan, S J ⁱ   Ohm, S ^a   Olive, J P ^c   De Onawilhelmi E ^m,ac   Orford, K J ⁱ   Osborne, J L ⁱ   Ostrowski, M ^w   Panter, M ^a   Pedaletti, G ^o   Pelletier, G ^c   Petrucci, P O ^c   Pita, S ^m   Puhlhofer G ^o   Punch, M ^m   Quirrenbach, A ^o   Raubenheimer, B C ^j   Raue, M ^a,ac   Rayner, S M ⁱ   Renaud, M ^a   Rieger, F ^a,ac   Ripken, J ^d   Rob, L ^t   Rosier Lees, S ^l   Rowell, G ^z   Rudak, B ^x   Ruppel, J ^u   Sahakian, V ^b   Santangelo, A ^r   Schlickeiser, R ^u   Schock F M ^q   Schroder R ^u   Schwanke, U ^e   Schwarzburg, S ^r   Schwemmer, S ^o   Shalchi, A ^u   Skilton, J L ^y   Sol, H ^g   Spangler, D ⁱ   Stawarz, L ^w   Steenkamp, R ^v   Stegmann, C ^q   Superina, G ^k   Tam, P H ^o   Tavernet, J P ^s   Terrier, R ^m   Tibolla, O ^o   Van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^p   Venter, C ^j   Vialle, J P ^l   Vincent, P ^s   Vivier, M ^h   Volk H J ^a   Volpe, F ^k,ac   Wagner, S J ^o   Ward, M ⁱ   Zdziarski, A A ^x   Zech, A ^g   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h CEA SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^k ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^l CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁿ DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^o UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^t CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^u RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^w JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^x NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^aa NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^ab INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^ac European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy

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EID: 55649107494     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.072008     Document Type: Article

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