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Recently a series of indications have been put forward suggesting the presence of two gamma-ray lines at 110-130 GeV (centered at 111 and 129 GeV). Signals of these lines have been observed toward the Galactic center, at some galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-28 Ilias Cholis , Hani Nurbiantoro Santosa , Maryam Tavakoli , Piero Ullio

The strongest experimental evidence for dark matter is the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess observed by the Fermi telescope and even predicted prior to discovery as a potential dark matter signature via WIMP dark matter self-annihilations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-11 Moorits Mihkel Muru , Joseph Silk , Noam I. Libeskind , Stefan Gottloeber , Yehuda Hoffman

Recent observations indicating the existence of a monochromatic gamma-ray line with energy ~130 GeV in the Fermi-LAT data have attracted great interest due to the possibility that the line feature stems from the annihilation of dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-28 Eric Carlson , Tim Linden , Stefano Profumo , Christoph Weniger

We suggest a dark matter scenario which could contribute the possible anomaly observed by Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray space telescope. It is based on the model recently proposed by Weinberg. In our scenario the gamma-ray line signal comes from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Seungwon Baek , Hiroshi Okada

If weakly-interacting massive particles (WIMPs) make up the galactic dark matter halo, high densities of such particles would exist near massive bodies, such as the sun. The resulting annihilations are believed to produce neutrinos, gamma…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. W. Hooper

We analyze publicly available Fermi-LAT high-energy gamma-ray data and confirm the existence of clear spectral feature peaked at E=130GeV. Scanning over the Galaxy we identify several disconnected regions where the observed excess…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-10-31 Elmo Tempel , Andi Hektor , Martti Raidal

Monochromatic gamma-rays are thought to be the smoking gun signal for identifying the dark matter annihilation. However, the flux of monochromatic gamma-rays is usually suppressed by the virtual quantum effects since dark matter should be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Zhi-Cheng Tang , Qiang Yuan , Xiao-Jun Bi , Guo-Ming Chen

We discuss a simple theory for physics beyond the Standard Model where a Majorana dark matter is predicted from anomaly cancellation. We discuss in detail the minimal theory where the baryon number is a local symmetry spontaneously broken…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-01 Hridoy Debnath , Pavel Fileviez Perez , Kevin Gonzalez-Quesada

In the past decade, gamma-ray observations and radio observations put strong constraints on the parameters of dark matter annihilation. In this article, we suggest another robust way to constrain the parameters of dark matter annihilation.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Man Ho Chan

Existence of new gauge U(1) symmetry possessed by dark matter (DM) particles implies the existence of a new Coulomb-like interaction, which leads to Sommerfeld-Gamow-Sakharov enhancement of dark matter annihilation at low relative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-01 K. Belotsky , M. Khlopov , A. Kirillov

Both the robust INTEGRAL 511 keV gamma-ray line and the recent tentative hint of the 135 GeV gamma-ray line from Fermi-LAT have similar signal morphologies, and may be produced from the same dark matter annihilation. Motivated by this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 Yang Bai , Meng Su , Yue Zhao

Recent claims of a line in the Fermi-LAT photon spectrum at 130 GeV are suggestive of dark matter annihilation in the galactic center and other dark matter-dominated regions. If the Fermi feature is indeed due to dark matter annihilation,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-11 Yang Bai , Jessie Shelton

The decay of dark matter particles which are coupled predominantly to charged leptons has been proposed as a possible origin of excess high-energy positrons and electrons observed by cosmic-ray telescopes PAMELA and Fermi LAT. Even though…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-17 Mathias Garny , Alejandro Ibarra , David Tran , Christoph Weniger

The Galactic Center (GC) is potentially hosting the largest indirect signal from particle dark matter (DM), which in many well-motivated models would produce gamma rays as their final states. However, this region has often been dismissed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-06 Silvia Manconi , Christopher Eckner , Francesca Calore , Fiorenza Donato

Recent preliminary results from the PAMELA experiment indicate the presence of an excess of cosmic ray positrons above 10 GeV. In this letter, we consider possibility that this signal is the result of dark matter annihilations taking place…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-30 Ilias Cholis , Lisa Goodenough , Dan Hooper , Melanie Simet , Neal Weiner

Recently, gamma-ray emission in the direction of Coma, with a TS value of $\sim 40$, has been reported. In this work we will discuss the possibility of such a residual emission coming from dark matter annihilation. Our results show that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-08 Yun-Feng Liang , Zi-Qing Xia , Shao-Qiang Xi , Shang Li , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Yi-Zhong Fan

We discuss the visibility of gamma lines from dark matter annihilation. We point out a class of theories for dark matter which predict the existence of gamma lines with striking features. In these theories, the final state radiation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-18 Pavel Fileviez Perez , Clara Murgui

Recently, a preliminary spectrum from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been presented for the inner galaxy (-30 < l < 30, -5 < b < 5), as well as the galactic center (-1 < l < 1, -1< b < 1). We consider the implications of these data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-29 Ilias Cholis , Gregory Dobler , Douglas P. Finkbeiner , Lisa Goodenough , Tracy R. Slatyer , Neal Weiner

Dark matter annihilation in Galactic substructure produces diffuse gamma-ray emission of remarkably constant intensity across the sky, and in general this signal dominates over the smooth halo signal at angles greater than a few tens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-02 Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins

Dark matter particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma-ray lines and contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray background. Flux upper limits are presented for gamma-ray spectral lines from 7 to 200 GeV and for the diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 LAT Collaboration , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , M. Brigida , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , F. D'Ammando , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , Y. Edmonds , R. Essig , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , A. M. Lionetto , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , M. Naumann-Godo , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , A. Okumura , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , D. Prokhorov , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , O. Reimer , M. Roth , C. Sbarra , J. D. Scargle , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , A. Snyder , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , Z. Yang , S. Zimmer