Search for TeV annihilation radiation from supersymmetric dark matter in nearby galaxies.pdfVIP

The 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference 1 Search for TeV annihilation radiation from supersymmetric dark matter in nearby galaxies V.V. Vassiliev1,2 , I.H. Bond, P.J. Boyle, S.M. Bradbury, J.H. Buckley, D. Carter- 3 0 Lewis, O. Celik, W. Cui, M. Daniel, M. D’Vali, I.de la Calle Perez, C. Duke, 0 A. Falcone, D.J. Fegan, S.J. Fegan, J.P. Finley, L.F. Fortson, J. Gaidos, S. Gam- 2 mell, K. Gibbs, G.H. Gillanders, J. Grube, J. Hall, T.A. Hall, D. Hanna, y a A.M. Hillas, J. Holder, D. Horan, A. Jarvis, M. Jordan, G.E. Kenny, M. Kertz- M man, D. Kieda, J. Kildea, J. Knapp, K. Kosack, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, 9 M.J. Lang, S. LeBohec, E. Linton, J. Lloyd-Evans, A. Milovanovic, P. Moriarty, 2 D. Muller, T. Nagai, S. Nolan, R.A. Ong, R. Pallassini, D. Petry, B. Power- Mooney, J. Quinn, M. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. Rebillot, P.T. Reynolds, H.J. Rose, 1 v M. Schroedter, G. Sembroski, S.P. Swordy, A. Syson, S.P. Wakely, G. Walker, 4 2 1 T.C. Weekes, J. Zweerink , and B.C. Bromley 8 5 (1) University of Utah, 115S 1400E, rm 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA 5 (2)The VERITAS Collaboration– see S.P.Wakely’s paper “The VERITAS Proto- 0 3 type” from these proceedings for affiliations 0 / h p- Abstract o r t During the 2002-2003 observing season the Whipple 10m imaging atmo- s ˇ a spheric Cherenkov telescope was used to search for dark matter annihilation ra- : v diation in four nearby galaxies: M32, M33, Draco, and