Dark Matter Profile in the Galactic Center

We describe a quasiequilibrium profile of dark matter particles in the inner parsec of the Galaxy, ρ_dm∝r^-3/2. This “minicusp” profile is caused by scattering with the dense stellar cluster around the supermassive black hole in Sgr A^* and is independent of the initial conditions. The implications for detection of gamma rays from annihilation of weakly interacting massive dark matter particle in the Galactic center are a mild enhancement of the flux and a characteristic central feature in the angular distribution which could be detectable by high-resolution atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.