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Interpretations of the possible 42.7 GeV $\gamma$-ray line

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-21 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

Recently Liang et al. found a tentative line signal at about 43 GeV in the directions of sixteen nearby Galaxy Clusters. If arising from dark matter annihilation, the mass of the dark matter particles should be mχ43m_{\chi}\sim 43 GeV and the annihilation cross section σv5×1028(BF/103)1 cm3 s1\langle \sigma v \rangle \sim 5\times10^{-28}(\overline{\rm BF}/10^{3})^{-1}~{\rm cm^3~s^{-1}} is needed, where BF\overline{\rm BF} is the averaged boost factor of the annihilation signal of these Galaxy Clusters. In this work we discuss several models which could interpret these features and estimate the model parameters. Usually sizeable coupling parameter is needed. The 2σ2\sigma upper limits on the cross section of the dark matter annihilation into various final states such as bbˉb\bar{b}, μ+μ\mu^+\mu^- and so on are also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1608.04056,
  title  = {Interpretations of the possible 42.7 GeV $\gamma$-ray line},
  author = {Lei Feng and Yun-Feng Liang and Tie-Kuang Dong and Yi-Zhong Fan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04056},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures; Physical Review D in press