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Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data

We search for spectral features in Fermi-LAT gamma-rays coming from regions corresponding to eighteen brightest nearby galaxy clusters determined by the magnitude of their signal line-of-site integrals. We observe a double peak-like excess over the diffuse power-law background at photon energies 110...

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Autores principales: Hektor, Andi, Raidal, Martti, Tempel, Elmo
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/2/L22
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author Hektor, Andi
Raidal, Martti
Tempel, Elmo
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description We search for spectral features in Fermi-LAT gamma-rays coming from regions corresponding to eighteen brightest nearby galaxy clusters determined by the magnitude of their signal line-of-site integrals. We observe a double peak-like excess over the diffuse power-law background at photon energies 110 GeV and 130 GeV with the global statistical significance up to 3.6\sigma, confirming independently earlier claims of the same excess from Galactic centre. Interpreting this result as a signal of dark matter annihilations to two monochromatic photon channels in galaxy cluster haloes, and fixing the annihilation cross section from the Galactic centre data, we determine the annihilation boost factor due to dark matter subhaloes from data. Our results contribute to discrimination of the dark matter annihilations from astrophysical processes and from systematic detector effects as the possible explanations to the Fermi-LAT excess.
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spelling cern-14628692020-06-30T11:02:28Zdoi:10.1088/2041-8205/762/2/L22http://cds.cern.ch/record/1462869engHektor, AndiRaidal, MarttiTempel, ElmoEvidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray dataAstrophysics and AstronomyWe search for spectral features in Fermi-LAT gamma-rays coming from regions corresponding to eighteen brightest nearby galaxy clusters determined by the magnitude of their signal line-of-site integrals. We observe a double peak-like excess over the diffuse power-law background at photon energies 110 GeV and 130 GeV with the global statistical significance up to 3.6\sigma, confirming independently earlier claims of the same excess from Galactic centre. Interpreting this result as a signal of dark matter annihilations to two monochromatic photon channels in galaxy cluster haloes, and fixing the annihilation cross section from the Galactic centre data, we determine the annihilation boost factor due to dark matter subhaloes from data. Our results contribute to discrimination of the dark matter annihilations from astrophysical processes and from systematic detector effects as the possible explanations to the Fermi-LAT excess.We search for spectral features in Fermi-LAT gamma-rays coming from regions corresponding to eighteen brightest nearby galaxy clusters determined by the magnitude of their signal line-of-site integrals. We observe a double peak-like excess over the diffuse power-law background at photon energies 110 GeV and 130 GeV with the global statistical significance up to 3.6\sigma, confirming independently earlier claims of the same excess from Galactic centre. Interpreting this result as a signal of dark matter annihilations to two monochromatic photon channels in galaxy cluster haloes, and fixing the annihilation cross section from the Galactic centre data, we determine the annihilation boost factor due to dark matter subhaloes from data. Our results contribute to discrimination of the dark matter annihilations from astrophysical processes and from systematic detector effects as the possible explanations to the Fermi-LAT excess.CERN-PH-TH-2012-203arXiv:1207.4466CERN-PH-TH-2012-203oai:cds.cern.ch:14628692012-07-19
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Hektor, Andi
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Tempel, Elmo
Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title_full Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title_fullStr Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title_full_unstemmed Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title_short Evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in Fermi $\gamma$-Ray data
title_sort evidence for indirect detection of dark matter from galaxy clusters in fermi $\gamma$-ray data
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/2/L22
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