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Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre

We analyze publicly available Fermi-LAT high-energy gamma-ray data and confirm the existence of clear spectral feature peaked at E=130GeV. Scanning over the Galaxy we identify several disconnected regions where the observed excess originates from. Our best optimized fit is obtained for the central r...

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Autores principales: Tempel, Elmo, Hektor, Andi, Raidal, Martti
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/032
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/A01
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1446527
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author Tempel, Elmo
Hektor, Andi
Raidal, Martti
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Hektor, Andi
Raidal, Martti
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description We analyze publicly available Fermi-LAT high-energy gamma-ray data and confirm the existence of clear spectral feature peaked at E=130GeV. Scanning over the Galaxy we identify several disconnected regions where the observed excess originates from. Our best optimized fit is obtained for the central region of Galaxy with a clear peak at 130GeV with local statistical significance 4.5 sigma. The observed excess is not correlated with Fermi bubbles. We compute the photon spectra induced by dark matter annihilations into two and four standard model particles, the latter via two light intermediate states, and fit the spectra with data. Since our fits indicate sharper and higher signal peak than in the previous works, data favors dark matter direct two-body annihilation channels into photons or other channels giving only line-like spectra. If Einasto halo profile correctly predicts the central cusp of Galaxy, dark matter annihilation cross-section to two photons is of order ten percent of the standard thermal freeze-out cross-section. The large dark matter two-body annihilation cross-section to photons may signal a new resonance that should be searched for at the CERN LHC experiments.
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spelling cern-14465272019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/032doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/A01http://cds.cern.ch/record/1446527engTempel, ElmoHektor, AndiRaidal, MarttiFermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centreParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe analyze publicly available Fermi-LAT high-energy gamma-ray data and confirm the existence of clear spectral feature peaked at E=130GeV. Scanning over the Galaxy we identify several disconnected regions where the observed excess originates from. Our best optimized fit is obtained for the central region of Galaxy with a clear peak at 130GeV with local statistical significance 4.5 sigma. The observed excess is not correlated with Fermi bubbles. We compute the photon spectra induced by dark matter annihilations into two and four standard model particles, the latter via two light intermediate states, and fit the spectra with data. Since our fits indicate sharper and higher signal peak than in the previous works, data favors dark matter direct two-body annihilation channels into photons or other channels giving only line-like spectra. If Einasto halo profile correctly predicts the central cusp of Galaxy, dark matter annihilation cross-section to two photons is of order ten percent of the standard thermal freeze-out cross-section. The large dark matter two-body annihilation cross-section to photons may signal a new resonance that should be searched for at the CERN LHC experiments.arXiv:1205.1045CERN-PH-TH-2012-114oai:cds.cern.ch:14465272012-05-07
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Tempel, Elmo
Hektor, Andi
Raidal, Martti
Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title_full Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title_fullStr Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title_full_unstemmed Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title_short Fermi 130 GeV gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the Galactic centre
title_sort fermi 130 gev gamma-ray excess and dark matter annihilation in sub-haloes and in the galactic centre
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/032
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/A01
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1446527
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