MeV Dark Matter: Has It Been Detected?
Abstract
We discuss the possibility that the recent detection of 511keV γ rays from the galactic bulge, as observed by INTEGRAL, is a consequence of low mass (1 100 MeV) particle dark matter annihilations. We discuss the type of halo profile favored by the observations as well as the size of the annihilation cross section needed to account for the signal. We find that such a scenario is consistent with the observed dark matter relic density and other constraints from astrophysics and particle physics.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0309686
- Bibcode:
- 2004PhRvL..92j1301B
- Keywords:
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- 95.35.+d;
- 98.70.Rz;
- 98.70.Sa;
- Dark matter;
- gamma-ray sources;
- gamma-ray bursts;
- Cosmic rays;
- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 1 figure