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Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter

We derive new bounds on decaying Dark Matter from the gamma ray measurements of (i) the isotropic residual (extragalactic) background by Fermi and (ii) the Fornax galaxy cluster by HESS. We find that those from (i) are among the most stringent constraints currently available, for a large range of DM...

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Autores principales: Cirelli, Marco, Moulin, Emmanuel, Panci, Paolo, Serpico, Pasquale D., Viana, Aion
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.083506
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.109901
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1451623
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author Cirelli, Marco
Moulin, Emmanuel
Panci, Paolo
Serpico, Pasquale D.
Viana, Aion
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Panci, Paolo
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description We derive new bounds on decaying Dark Matter from the gamma ray measurements of (i) the isotropic residual (extragalactic) background by Fermi and (ii) the Fornax galaxy cluster by HESS. We find that those from (i) are among the most stringent constraints currently available, for a large range of DM masses and a variety of decay modes, excluding half-lives up to ~10^26 to few 10^27 seconds. In particular, they rule out the interpretation in terms of decaying DM of the e^\pm spectral features in Pamela, Fermi and HESS, unless very conservative choices are adopted. We also discuss future prospects for CTA bounds from Fornax which, contrary to the present HESS constraints of (ii), may allow for an interesting improvement and may become better than those from the current or future extragalactic Fermi data.
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spelling cern-14516232019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.083506doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.109901http://cds.cern.ch/record/1451623engCirelli, MarcoMoulin, EmmanuelPanci, PaoloSerpico, Pasquale D.Viana, AionGamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark MatterAstrophysics and AstronomyWe derive new bounds on decaying Dark Matter from the gamma ray measurements of (i) the isotropic residual (extragalactic) background by Fermi and (ii) the Fornax galaxy cluster by HESS. We find that those from (i) are among the most stringent constraints currently available, for a large range of DM masses and a variety of decay modes, excluding half-lives up to ~10^26 to few 10^27 seconds. In particular, they rule out the interpretation in terms of decaying DM of the e^\pm spectral features in Pamela, Fermi and HESS, unless very conservative choices are adopted. We also discuss future prospects for CTA bounds from Fornax which, contrary to the present HESS constraints of (ii), may allow for an interesting improvement and may become better than those from the current or future extragalactic Fermi data.We derive new bounds on decaying Dark Matter from the gamma ray measurements of (i) the isotropic residual (extragalactic) background by Fermi and (ii) the Fornax galaxy cluster by HESS. We find that those from (i) are among the most stringent constraints currently available, for a large range of DM masses and a variety of decay modes, excluding half-lives up to ~10^26 to few 10^27 seconds. In particular, they rule out the interpretation in terms of decaying DM of the e^\pm spectral features in Pamela, Fermi and HESS, unless very conservative choices are adopted. We also discuss future prospects for CTA bounds from Fornax which, contrary to the present HESS constraints of (ii), may allow for an interesting improvement and may become better than those from the current or future extragalactic Fermi data.CERN-PH-TH-2012-110SACLAY-T12-034IRFU-12-34DIAS-2012-11LAPTH-023-12arXiv:1205.5283SACLAY--T12-034CP3-ORIGINS-2012-10CERN-PH-TH-2012-110SACLAY-T12-034IRFU-12-34CP3-ORIGINS-2012-10DIAS-2012-11LAPTH-023-12oai:cds.cern.ch:14516232012-05-25
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Cirelli, Marco
Moulin, Emmanuel
Panci, Paolo
Serpico, Pasquale D.
Viana, Aion
Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title_full Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title_fullStr Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title_full_unstemmed Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title_short Gamma ray constraints on Decaying Dark Matter
title_sort gamma ray constraints on decaying dark matter
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.083506
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.109901
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1451623
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