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Excited Dark Matter versus PAMELA/Fermi

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-05-28 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

Excitation of multicomponent dark matter in the galactic center has been proposed as the source of low-energy positrons that produce the excess 511 keV gamma rays that have been observed by INTEGRAL. Such models have also been promoted to explain excess high-energy electrons/positrons observed by the PAMELA, Fermi/LAT and H.E.S.S. experiments. We investigate whether one model can simultaneously fit all three anomalies, in addition to further constraints from inverse Compton scattering by the high-energy leptons. We find models that fit both the 511 keV and PAMELA excesses at dark matter masses M < 400 GeV, but not the Fermi lepton excess. The conflict arises because a more cuspy DM halo profile is needed to match the observed 511 keV signal than is compatible with inverse Compton constraints at larger DM masses.

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@article{arxiv.1005.5001,
  title  = {Excited Dark Matter versus PAMELA/Fermi},
  author = {James M. Cline},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5001},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, presented at Moriond Cosmology 2010

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