May 15, 2018
Dark matter constitutes about 85% of the total matter content of the Universe. However, its nature is still unknown. The H.E.S.S. observatory located in Namibia scrutinizes the central region of our Galaxy to search for mono-energetic gamma rays from the collision of hypothetical WIMPs, primary elementary particles that are among the leading candidates for dark matter. The search carried out with 10 years of observations of the center of our galaxy with phase 1 of H.E.S.S.

 

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