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Fermi large area telescope search for photon lines from 30 to 200 GeV and dark matter implications.

Authors :
Abdo AA
Ackermann M
Ajello M
Atwood WB
Baldini L
Ballet J
Barbiellini G
Bastieri D
Bechtol K
Bellazzini R
Berenji B
Bloom ED
Bonamente E
Borgland AW
Bouvier A
Bregeon J
Brez A
Brigida M
Bruel P
Burnett TH
Buson S
Caliandro GA
Cameron RA
Caraveo PA
Carrigan S
Casandjian JM
Cecchi C
Celik O
Chekhtman A
Chiang J
Ciprini S
Claus R
Cohen-Tanugi J
Conrad J
Dermer CD
de Angelis A
de Palma F
Digel SW
do Couto E Silva E
Drell PS
Drlica-Wagner A
Dubois R
Dumora D
Edmonds Y
Essig R
Farnier C
Favuzzi C
Fegan SJ
Focke WB
Fortin P
Frailis M
Fukazawa Y
Funk S
Fusco P
Gargano F
Gasparrini D
Gehrels N
Germani S
Giglietto N
Giordano F
Glanzman T
Godfrey G
Grenier IA
Grove JE
Guillemot L
Guiriec S
Gustafsson M
Hadasch D
Harding AK
Horan D
Hughes RE
Jackson MS
Jóhannesson G
Johnson AS
Johnson RP
Johnson WN
Kamae T
Katagiri H
Kataoka J
Kawai N
Kerr M
Knödlseder J
Kuss M
Lande J
Latronico L
Llena Garde M
Longo F
Loparco F
Lott B
Lovellette MN
Lubrano P
Makeev A
Mazziotta MN
McEnery JE
Meurer C
Michelson PF
Mitthumsiri W
Mizuno T
Moiseev AA
Monte C
Monzani ME
Morselli A
Moskalenko IV
Murgia S
Nolan PL
Norris JP
Nuss E
Ohsugi T
Omodei N
Orlando E
Ormes JF
Ozaki M
Paneque D
Panetta JH
Parent D
Pelassa V
Pepe M
Pesce-Rollins M
Piron F
Rainò S
Rando R
Razzano M
Reimer A
Reimer O
Reposeur T
Ripken J
Ritz S
Rodriguez AY
Roth M
Sadrozinski HF
Sander A
Parkinson PM
Scargle JD
Schalk TL
Sellerholm A
Sgrò C
Siskind EJ
Smith DA
Smith PD
Spandre G
Spinelli P
Starck JL
Strickman MS
Suson DJ
Tajima H
Takahashi H
Tanaka T
Thayer JB
Thayer JG
Tibaldo L
Torres DF
Uchiyama Y
Usher TL
Vasileiou V
Vilchez N
Vitale V
Waite AP
Wang P
Winer BL
Wood KS
Ylinen T
Ziegler M
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2010 Mar 05; Vol. 104 (9), pp. 091302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Mar 05.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. gamma-ray line limits from 30 to 200 GeV obtained from 11 months of Fermi Large Area Space Telescope data from 20-300 GeV are presented using a selection based on requirements for a gamma-ray line analysis, and integrated over most of the sky. We obtain gamma-ray line flux upper limits in the range 0.6-4.5x10{-9} cm{-2} s{-1}, and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
104
Issue :
9
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
20366979
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302