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Title: CLUES on Fermi-LAT prospects for the extragalactic detection of μνSSM gravitino dark matter

Abstract

The μνSSM is a supersymmetric model that has been proposed to solve the problems generated by other supersymmetric extensions of the standard model of particle physics. Given that R-parity is broken in the μνSSM, the gravitino is a natural candidate for decaying dark matter since its lifetime becomes much longer than the age of the Universe. In this model, gravitino dark matter could be detectable through the emission of a monochromatic gamma ray in a two-body decay. We study the prospects of the Fermi-LAT telescope to detect such monochromatic lines in 5 years of observations of the most massive nearby extragalactic objects. The dark matter halo around the Virgo galaxy cluster is selected as a reference case, since it is associated to a particularly high signal-to-noise ratio and is located in a region scarcely affected by the astrophysical diffuse emission from the galactic plane. The simulation of both signal and background gamma-ray events is carried out with the Fermi Science Tools, and the dark matter distribution around Virgo is taken from a N-body simulation of the nearby extragalactic Universe, with constrained initial conditions provided by the CLUES project. We find that a gravitino with a mass range of 0.6–2 GeV,more » and with a lifetime range of about 3 × 10{sup 27}–2 × 10{sup 28} s would be detectable by the Fermi-LAT with a signal-to-noise ratio larger than 3. We also obtain that gravitino masses larger than about 4 GeV are already excluded in the μνSSM by Fermi-LAT data of the galactic halo.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049, Madrid (Spain)
  2. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), E-18008, Granada (Spain)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22279740
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2012; Journal Issue: 02; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMOLOGY; GALAXY CLUSTERS; GAMMA RADIATION; GEV RANGE; GRAVITONS; LIFETIME; MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARITY; PHOTON EMISSION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; TELESCOPES; TWO-BODY PROBLEM; UNIVERSE

Citation Formats

Gómez-Vargas, G. A., Muñoz, C., Yepes, G., Fornasa, M., Zandanel, F., Prada, F., and Cuesta, A.J., E-mail: germanarturo.gomez@uam.es, E-mail: mattia@iaa.es, E-mail: fabio@iaa.es, E-mail: antonio.cuesta@yale.edu, E-mail: carlos.munnoz@uam.es, E-mail: fprada@iaa.es, E-mail: gustavo.yepes@uam.es. CLUES on Fermi-LAT prospects for the extragalactic detection of μνSSM gravitino dark matter. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/001.
Gómez-Vargas, G. A., Muñoz, C., Yepes, G., Fornasa, M., Zandanel, F., Prada, F., & Cuesta, A.J., E-mail: germanarturo.gomez@uam.es, E-mail: mattia@iaa.es, E-mail: fabio@iaa.es, E-mail: antonio.cuesta@yale.edu, E-mail: carlos.munnoz@uam.es, E-mail: fprada@iaa.es, E-mail: gustavo.yepes@uam.es. CLUES on Fermi-LAT prospects for the extragalactic detection of μνSSM gravitino dark matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/001
Gómez-Vargas, G. A., Muñoz, C., Yepes, G., Fornasa, M., Zandanel, F., Prada, F., and Cuesta, A.J., E-mail: germanarturo.gomez@uam.es, E-mail: mattia@iaa.es, E-mail: fabio@iaa.es, E-mail: antonio.cuesta@yale.edu, E-mail: carlos.munnoz@uam.es, E-mail: fprada@iaa.es, E-mail: gustavo.yepes@uam.es. 2012. "CLUES on Fermi-LAT prospects for the extragalactic detection of μνSSM gravitino dark matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/001.
@article{osti_22279740,
title = {CLUES on Fermi-LAT prospects for the extragalactic detection of μνSSM gravitino dark matter},
author = {Gómez-Vargas, G. A. and Muñoz, C. and Yepes, G. and Fornasa, M. and Zandanel, F. and Prada, F. and Cuesta, A.J., E-mail: germanarturo.gomez@uam.es, E-mail: mattia@iaa.es, E-mail: fabio@iaa.es, E-mail: antonio.cuesta@yale.edu, E-mail: carlos.munnoz@uam.es, E-mail: fprada@iaa.es, E-mail: gustavo.yepes@uam.es},
abstractNote = {The μνSSM is a supersymmetric model that has been proposed to solve the problems generated by other supersymmetric extensions of the standard model of particle physics. Given that R-parity is broken in the μνSSM, the gravitino is a natural candidate for decaying dark matter since its lifetime becomes much longer than the age of the Universe. In this model, gravitino dark matter could be detectable through the emission of a monochromatic gamma ray in a two-body decay. We study the prospects of the Fermi-LAT telescope to detect such monochromatic lines in 5 years of observations of the most massive nearby extragalactic objects. The dark matter halo around the Virgo galaxy cluster is selected as a reference case, since it is associated to a particularly high signal-to-noise ratio and is located in a region scarcely affected by the astrophysical diffuse emission from the galactic plane. The simulation of both signal and background gamma-ray events is carried out with the Fermi Science Tools, and the dark matter distribution around Virgo is taken from a N-body simulation of the nearby extragalactic Universe, with constrained initial conditions provided by the CLUES project. We find that a gravitino with a mass range of 0.6–2 GeV, and with a lifetime range of about 3 × 10{sup 27}–2 × 10{sup 28} s would be detectable by the Fermi-LAT with a signal-to-noise ratio larger than 3. We also obtain that gravitino masses larger than about 4 GeV are already excluded in the μνSSM by Fermi-LAT data of the galactic halo.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/001},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22279740}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 02,
volume = 2012,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}