Search for gamma-ray lines towards galaxy clusters with the Fermi-LAT

Anderson, B.; Zimmer, S.; Conrad, J.; Gustafsson, M.; Sánchez-Conde, M.; Caputo, R.

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2016/02/026

Search for gamma-ray lines towards galaxy clusters with the Fermi-LAT

Journal Article · Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/02/026· OSTI ID:1355673

Anderson, B. ^[1]; Zimmer, S. ^[1]; Conrad, J. ^[1]; Gustafsson, M. ^[2]; Sánchez-Conde, M. ^[1]; Caputo, R. ^[3]

The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics (Sweden); Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics
Georg-August Univ. Gottingen (Germany)
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

We report on a search for monochromatic γ-ray features in the spectra of galaxy clusters observed by the Fermi Large Area Telescope. Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the Universe that are bound by dark matter (DM), making them an important testing ground for possible selfinteractions or decays of the DM particles. Monochromatic γ-ray lines provide a unique signature due to the absence of astrophysical backgrounds and are as such considered a smoking-gun signature for new physics. An unbinned joint likelihood analysis of the sixteen most promising clusters using five years of data at energies between 10 and 400 GeV revealed no significant features. For the case of self-annihilation, we set upper limits on the monochromatic velocity-averaged interaction cross section. These limits are compatible with those obtained from observations of the Galactic Center, albeit weaker due to the larger distance to the studied clusters.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: European Union (EU); Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Swedish Research Council; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1355673

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22525015

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 02 Vol. 2016; ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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