Limits to dark matter annihilation cross-section from a combined analysis of MAGIC and Fermi-LAT observations of dwarf satellite galaxies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  MAGIC Collaboration, ^aw   Ahnen, M L ^a   Ansoldi, S ^b   Antonelli, L A ^c   Antoranz, P ^d   Babic, A ^e,f,g   Banerjee, B ^h   Bangale, P ⁱ   Barres De Almeida, U ^i,af   Barrio, J A ^j   Becerra Gonzalez J ^k,l,ag,ah   Bednarek, W ^m   Bernardini, E ^n,ai   Biasuzzi, B ^b   Biland, A ^a   Blanch, O ^o   Bonnefoy, S ^j   Bonnoli, G ^c   Borracci, F ⁱ   Bretz, T ^p,aj   Carmona, E ^q   Carosi, A ^c   Chatterjee, A ^h   Clavero, R ^k,l   Colin, P ⁱ   Colombo, E ^k,l   Contreras, J L ^j   Cortina, J ^o   Covino, S ^c   Da Vela, P ^d   Dazzi, F ⁱ   De Angelis, A ^r   De Lotto, B ^b   De Ona Wilhelmi E ^s   Delgado Mendez, C ^q   Di Pierro, F ^c   Dominis Prester, D ^e,f,g   Dorner, D ^p   Doro, M ^r   Einecke, S ^t   Eisenacher Glawion, D ^p   Elsaesser, D ^p   Fernandez Barral A ^o   Fidalgo, D ^j   Fonseca, M V ^j   Font, L ^u   Frantzen, K ^t   Fruck, C ⁱ   Galindo, D ^v   Garcia Lopez R J ^k,l   Garczarczyk, M ⁿ   Garrido Terrats, D ^u   Gaug, M ^u   Giammaria, P ^c   Godinovic N ^e,f,g   Gonzalez Munoz A ^o   Guberman, D ^o   Hahn, A ⁱ   Hanabata, Y ^w,x,y,z   Hayashida, M ^w,x,y,z   Herrera, J ^k,l   Hose, J ⁱ   Hrupec, D ^e,f,g   Hughes, G ^a   Idec, W ^m   Kodani, K ^w,x,y,z   Konno, Y ^w,x,y,z   Kubo, H ^w,x,y,z   Kushida, J ^w,x,y,z   La Barbera, A ^c   Lelas, D ^e,f,g   Lindfors, E ^aa,ab   Lombardi, S ^c   Longo, F ^b   Lopez M ^j   Lopez Coto R ^o   Lopez Oramas A ^o,ak   Lorenz, E ⁱ   Majumdar, P ^h   Makariev, M ^ac   Mallot, K ⁿ   Maneva, G ^ac   Manganaro, M ^k,l   Mannheim, K ^p   Maraschi, L ^c   Marcote, B ^v   Mariotti, M ^r   Martinez M ^o   Mazin, D ^i,al   Menzel, U ⁱ   Miranda, J M ^d   Mirzoyan, R ⁱ   Moralejo, A ^o   Moretti, E ⁱ   Nakajima, D ^w,x,y,z   Neustroev, V ^aa,ab   Niedzwiecki, A ^m   Nievas Rosillo, M ^j   Nilsson, K ^aa,ab,am   Nishijima, K ^w,x,y,z   Noda, K ⁱ   Orito, R ^w,x,y,z   Overkemping, A ^t   Paiano, S ^r   Palacio, J ^o   Palatiello, M ^b   Paneque, D ⁱ   Paoletti, R ^d   Paredes, J M ^v   Paredes Fortuny, X ^v   Persic, M ^b,an   Poutanen, J ^aa,ab   Prada Moroni, P G ^ad   Prandini, E ^a,ao   Puljak, I ^e,f,g   Rhode, W ^t   Ribo M ^v   Rico, J ^o   Rodriguez Garcia, J ⁱ   Saito, T ^w,x,y,z   Satalecka, K ^j   Schultz, C ^r   Schweizer, T ⁱ   Shore, S N ^ad   Sillanpaa A ^aa,ab   Sitarek, J ^m   Snidaric, I ^e,f,g   Sobczynska, D ^m   Stamerra, A ^c   Steinbring, T ^p   Strzys, M ⁱ   Takalo, L ^aa,ab   Takami, H ^w,x,y,z   Tavecchio, F ^c   Temnikov, P ^ac   Terzic T ^e,f,g   Tescaro, D ^k,l   Teshima, M ^i,al   Thaele, J ^t   Torres, D F ^ae   Toyama, T ⁱ   Treves, A ^b   Verguilov, V ^ac   Vovk, I ⁱ   Ward, J E ^o   Will, M ^k,l   Wu, M H ^s   Zanin, R ^v   Aleksic J ^o   Wood, M ^ap   Anderson, B ^aq,ar   Bloom, E D ^ap   Cohen Tanugi, J ^as   Drlica Wagner, A ^at   Mazziotta, M N ^au   Sanchez Conde M ^aq,ar   Strigari, L ^av   more..

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^h SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

ⁿ DESY   (Germany)

^o BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^q CIEMAT   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^s INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^t TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^x KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^y TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^ac INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^ae INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^af CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^ag NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^ah University of Maryland   (United States)

^ai HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^aj EPFL   (Switzerland)

^ak CEA SACLAY   (France)

^al Japanese MAGIC Consortium   (Japan)

^am Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)   (Finland)

^an INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^ap STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ar OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^as UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^at FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^au INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^av TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aw NONE

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Author keywords

dark matter experiments; dwarfs galaxies; gamma ray experiments; neutrino experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961158510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/02/039     Document Type: Review

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