Dark matter search in the inner galactic center halo with H.E.S.S

Understand

The presence of dark matter in the universe is nowadays supported by a substantial set of astronomical and cosmological observations.

• A large amount of dark matter is expected in the Galactic Center (GC) region.
• Thanks also to its proximity, it is one of the best targets to look for dark matter particle self-annihilation into very high energy gamma-rays.
• We perform a search for annihilating dark matter in the central 300 parsecs around the GC with the H.E.S.S.