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

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, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson RP, Johnson WN, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Kawai N, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kuss MW, Lande J, Latronico L, Garde ML, 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, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Ripken J, Ritz S, Rodriguez AY, Roth M, Sadrozinski HFW, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Scargle JD, Schalk TL, Sellerholm A, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Starck JL, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Tajima H, Takahashi HH, 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 (2010)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Book Volume: 104

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302

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 0.6-4.5 x 10(-9) cm(-2) s(-1), and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.

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Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of Washington United States (USA) (US) Politecnico di Bari Italy (IT) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Spain (ES) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Italy (IT) Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan (JP) Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) France (FR) ASI Science Data Center (ASDC) Italy (IT) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) / Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies Spain (ES) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) University of Denver United States (USA) (US)

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APA:

Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Atwood, W.B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J.,... Ziegler, M. (2010). Fermi Large Area Telescope Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications. Physical Review Letters, 104(9). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302

MLA:

Abdo, A. A., et al. "Fermi Large Area Telescope Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications." Physical Review Letters 104.9 (2010).

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