Fermi Large Area Telescope Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications

A. A. Abdo et al. (Fermi LAT Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 091302 – Published 5 March 2010

Abstract

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic γ rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. γ-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 γ-ray line analysis, and integrated over most of the sky. We obtain γ-ray line flux upper limits in the range 0.64.5×109cm2s1, and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.

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  • Received 19 November 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302

©2010 American Physical Society

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Fermi LAT search for dark matter in gamma-ray lines and the inclusive photon spectrum

M. Ackermann et al. (FERMI-LAT)
Phys. Rev. D 86, 022002 (2012)

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Vol. 104, Iss. 9 — 5 March 2010

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