Speaker
Markus Boettcher
Description
The PAUL facility offers a promising environment for the establishment of
direct dark-matter detection experiments. Complimentary to such direct detection
efforts are indirect detection methods, in particular using gamma-ray observations
of dark-matter dominated astrophysical objects, such as dwarf galaxies or the
Galactic halo. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in Namibia is
conducting such observations as part of its astroparticle-physics program.
This talk will present the current status of indirect dark-matter detection
efforts using H.E.S.S. and other gamma-ray observatories. I will discuss the
current best limits on the dark-matter annihilation cross sections and their complementarity with direct-detection experiments.
Author
Markus Boettcher
Co-author
on behalf of the H.E.S.S. Collaboration
