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Gamma-ray signatures of annihilation to charged leptons in dark matter substructure

Authors :
Kistler, Matthew D.
Siegal-Gaskins, Jennifer M.
Source :
Phys.Rev.D81:103521,2010
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Due to their higher concentrations and small internal velocities, Milky Way subhalos can be at least as important as the smooth halo in accounting for the GeV positron excess via dark matter annihilation. After showing how this can be achieved in various scenarios, including in Sommerfeld models, we demonstrate that, in this case, the diffuse inverse-Compton emission resulting from electrons and positrons produced in substructure leads to a nearly-isotropic signal close to the level of the isotropic GeV gamma-ray background seen by Fermi. Moreover, we show that HESS cosmic-ray electron measurements can be used to constrain multi-TeV internal bremsstrahlung gamma rays arising from annihilation to charged leptons.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures; minor updates to match published version

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys.Rev.D81:103521,2010
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0909.0519
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.103521