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Test of the 1.4 TeV DAMPE electron excess with preliminary H.E.S.S. measurement.

Authors :
Yao, Yu-hua
Jin, Chao
Chang, Xiao-chuan
Source :
Nuclear Physics B. Sep2018, Vol. 934, p396-407. 12p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

In November 2017, the DAMPE collaboration announced their first measurement of the electron spectrum between energies of 25 GeV and 4.6 TeV, including a narrow peak at ∼1.4 TeV with marginal significance. However, this feature is not observed in the larger statistic H.E.S.S. spectrum reported a few month earlier in the ICRC 2017. In this work, we perform a likelihood ratio method to test whether the DAMPE excess is compatible with the preliminary H.E.S.S. spectrum. By assuming the performance of the H.E.S.S. analysis is smooth with the electron energy, a 95 % CL upper limit on a stable DAMPE-like signal is set at ∼ 17 % of the DAMPE excess flux. The further investigation will rely on the formal publication of H.E.S.S. spectrum and higher statistic spectrum of DAMPE in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
05503213
Volume :
934
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Nuclear Physics B
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
131495389
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.07.018