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Constraining Gamma-ray Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-10 v1

Abstract

Using 14 years of Fermi-LAT data and 10 years of H.E.S.S. observations in the direction of the galactic center, we derive limits on gamma-ray lines originated from dark matter annihilations for fermionic and scalar fields. We describe the dark matter annihilation into γγ\gamma \gamma or γZ\gamma Z final states in terms of effective operators and place limits on the energy scale as a function of the dark matter mass taking into account the energy resolution of the instruments. For the Fermi-LAT data, we considered an NFW and a contracted NFW dark matter density profile, the latter being preferred by the Fermi GeV excess. For the H.E.S.S. observation, we used an NFW and Einasto profile. Fermi-LAT yields the most stringent constraints for dark matter masses below 300 GeV, whereas H.E.S.S. has the strongest ones for dark matter masses above 1 TeV. The telescopes share similar sensitivities for dark matter masses between 300 GeV and 1 TeV. We conclude that Fermi-LAT (H.E.S.S.) can probe energy scales up to 10(20)10(20)~TeV for scalar and fermionic dark matter particles.

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@article{arxiv.2311.17827,
  title  = {Constraining Gamma-ray Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. data},
  author = {Lucia Angel and Guillermo Gambini and Leticia Guedes and Farinaldo S. Queiroz and Vitor de Souza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17827},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures

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