Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter

Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a next generation X-ray telescope selected by European Space Agency as one of the space mission concepts within the ``Cosmic Vision'' programme. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a collimator-type telescope with an unprecedentedly...

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Autores principales: Neronov, A., Boyarsky, A., Iakubovskyi, D., Ruchayskiy, O.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.123532
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1637839
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author Neronov, A.
Boyarsky, A.
Iakubovskyi, D.
Ruchayskiy, O.
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Boyarsky, A.
Iakubovskyi, D.
Ruchayskiy, O.
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description Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a next generation X-ray telescope selected by European Space Agency as one of the space mission concepts within the ``Cosmic Vision'' programme. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a collimator-type telescope with an unprecedentedly large collecting area of about 10 square meters in the energy band between 2 and 100 keV. We demonstrate that LOFT will be a powerful dark matter detector, suitable for the search of the X-ray line emission expected from decays of light dark matter particles in galactic halos. We show that LOFT will have sensitivity for dark matter line search more than an order of magnitude higher than that of all existing X-ray telescopes. In this way, LOFT will be able to provide a new insight into the fundamental problem of the nature of dark matter.
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spelling cern-16378392023-03-14T16:34:25Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.123532http://cds.cern.ch/record/1637839engNeronov, A.Boyarsky, A.Iakubovskyi, D.Ruchayskiy, O.Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matterAstrophysics and AstronomyLarge Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a next generation X-ray telescope selected by European Space Agency as one of the space mission concepts within the ``Cosmic Vision'' programme. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a collimator-type telescope with an unprecedentedly large collecting area of about 10 square meters in the energy band between 2 and 100 keV. We demonstrate that LOFT will be a powerful dark matter detector, suitable for the search of the X-ray line emission expected from decays of light dark matter particles in galactic halos. We show that LOFT will have sensitivity for dark matter line search more than an order of magnitude higher than that of all existing X-ray telescopes. In this way, LOFT will be able to provide a new insight into the fundamental problem of the nature of dark matter.<p>Large observatory for x-ray timing (LOFT) is a concept of a next-generation x-ray telescope considered in the context of the “Cosmic Vision” program of the European Space Agency. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a collimator-type telescope with an unprecedentedly large collecting area of about <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>5</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>cm</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> in the energy band between 2 and 100 keV. We demonstrate that LOFT will be a powerful dark matter detector, suitable for the search of the x-ray line emission expected from decays of light dark matter particles in galactic halos. We show that LOFT will have sensitivity for dark matter line search more than an order of magnitude higher than that of all existing x-ray telescopes. In this way, LOFT will be able to provide a new insight into the fundamental problem of the nature of dark matter.</p>Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a next generation X-ray telescope selected by European Space Agency as one of the space mission concepts within the ``Cosmic Vision'' programme. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a collimator-type telescope with an unprecedentedly large collecting area of about 10 square meters in the energy band between 2 and 100 keV. We demonstrate that LOFT will be a powerful dark matter detector, suitable for the search of the X-ray line emission expected from decays of light dark matter particles in galactic halos. We show that LOFT will have sensitivity for dark matter line search more than an order of magnitude higher than that of all existing X-ray telescopes. In this way, LOFT will be able to provide a new insight into the fundamental problem of the nature of dark matter.arXiv:1312.5178oai:cds.cern.ch:16378392013-12-18
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Neronov, A.
Boyarsky, A.
Iakubovskyi, D.
Ruchayskiy, O.
Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter
title Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter
title_full Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter
title_fullStr Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter
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title_short Potential of LOFT telescope for the search of dark matter
title_sort potential of loft telescope for the search of dark matter
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.123532
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1637839
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