Fermi large area telescope search for photon lines from 30 to 200 GeV and dark matter implications

A A Abdo; M Ackermann; M Ajello; W B Atwood; L Baldini; J Ballet; G Barbiellini; D Bastieri; K Bechtol; R Bellazzini; B Berenji; E D Bloom; E Bonamente; A W Borgland; A Bouvier; J Bregeon; A Brez; M Brigida; P Bruel; T H Burnett; S Buson; G A Caliandro; R A Cameron; P A Caraveo; S Carrigan; J M Casandjian; C Cecchi; O Celik; A Chekhtman; J Chiang; S Ciprini; R Claus; J Cohen-Tanugi; J Conrad; C D Dermer; A de Angelis; F de Palma; S W Digel; E do Couto E Silva; P S Drell; A Drlica-Wagner; R Dubois; D Dumora; Y Edmonds; R Essig; C Farnier; C Favuzzi; S J Fegan; W B Focke; P Fortin; M Frailis; Y Fukazawa; S Funk; P Fusco; F Gargano; D Gasparrini; N Gehrels; S Germani; N Giglietto; F Giordano; T Glanzman; G Godfrey; I A Grenier; J E Grove; L Guillemot; S Guiriec; M Gustafsson; D Hadasch; A K Harding; D Horan; R E Hughes; M S Jackson; G Jóhannesson; A S Johnson; R P Johnson; W N Johnson; T Kamae; H Katagiri; J Kataoka; N Kawai; M Kerr; J Knödlseder; M Kuss; J Lande; L Latronico; M Llena Garde; F Longo; F Loparco; B Lott; M N Lovellette; P Lubrano; A Makeev; M N Mazziotta; J E McEnery; C Meurer; P F Michelson; W Mitthumsiri; T Mizuno; A A Moiseev; C Monte; M E Monzani; A Morselli; I V Moskalenko; S Murgia; P L Nolan; J P Norris; E Nuss; T Ohsugi; N Omodei; E Orlando; J F Ormes; M Ozaki; D Paneque; J H Panetta; D Parent; V Pelassa; M Pepe; M Pesce-Rollins; F Piron; S Rainò; R Rando; M Razzano; A Reimer; O Reimer; T Reposeur; J Ripken; S Ritz; A Y Rodriguez; M Roth; H F-W Sadrozinski; A Sander; P M Saz Parkinson; J D Scargle; T L Schalk; A Sellerholm; C Sgrò; E J Siskind; D A Smith; P D Smith; G Spandre; P Spinelli; J-L Starck; M S Strickman; D J Suson; H Tajima; H Takahashi; T Tanaka; J B Thayer; J G Thayer; L Tibaldo; D F Torres; Y Uchiyama; T L Usher; V Vasileiou; N Vilchez; V Vitale; A P Waite; P Wang; B L Winer; K S Wood; T Ylinen; M Ziegler; Fermi LAT Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302

Fermi large area telescope search for photon lines from 30 to 200 GeV and dark matter implications

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Mar 5;104(9):091302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Authors

A A Abdo¹, M Ackermann, M Ajello, W B Atwood, L Baldini, J Ballet, G Barbiellini, D Bastieri, K Bechtol, R Bellazzini, B Berenji, E D Bloom, E Bonamente, A W Borgland, A Bouvier, J Bregeon, A Brez, M Brigida, P Bruel, T H Burnett, S Buson, G A Caliandro, R A Cameron, P A Caraveo, S Carrigan, J M Casandjian, C Cecchi, O Celik, A Chekhtman, J Chiang, S Ciprini, R Claus, J Cohen-Tanugi, J Conrad, C D Dermer, A de Angelis, F de Palma, S W Digel, E do Couto E Silva, P S Drell, A Drlica-Wagner, R Dubois, D Dumora, Y Edmonds, R Essig, C Farnier, C Favuzzi, S J Fegan, W B Focke, P Fortin, M Frailis, Y Fukazawa, S Funk, P Fusco, F Gargano, D Gasparrini, N Gehrels, S Germani, N Giglietto, F Giordano, T Glanzman, G Godfrey, I A Grenier, J E Grove, L Guillemot, S Guiriec, M Gustafsson, D Hadasch, A K Harding, D Horan, R E Hughes, M S Jackson, G Jóhannesson, A S Johnson, R P Johnson, W N Johnson, T Kamae, H Katagiri, J Kataoka, N Kawai, M Kerr, J Knödlseder, M Kuss, J Lande, L Latronico, M Llena Garde, F Longo, F Loparco, B Lott, M N Lovellette, P Lubrano, A Makeev, M N Mazziotta, J E McEnery, C Meurer, P F Michelson, W Mitthumsiri, T Mizuno, A A Moiseev, C Monte, M E Monzani, A Morselli, I V Moskalenko, S Murgia, P L Nolan, J P Norris, E Nuss, T Ohsugi, N Omodei, E Orlando, J F Ormes, M Ozaki, D Paneque, J H Panetta, D Parent, V Pelassa, M Pepe, M Pesce-Rollins, F Piron, S Rainò, R Rando, M Razzano, A Reimer, O Reimer, T Reposeur, J Ripken, S Ritz, A Y Rodriguez, M Roth, H F-W Sadrozinski, A Sander, P M Saz Parkinson, J D Scargle, T L Schalk, A Sellerholm, C Sgrò, E J Siskind, D A Smith, P D Smith, G Spandre, P Spinelli, J-L Starck, M S Strickman, D J Suson, H Tajima, H Takahashi, T Tanaka, J B Thayer, J G Thayer, L Tibaldo, D F Torres, Y Uchiyama, T L Usher, V Vasileiou, N Vilchez, V Vitale, A P Waite, P Wang, B L Winer, K S Wood, T Ylinen, M Ziegler; Fermi LAT Collaboration

Affiliation

¹ Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.

PMID: 20366979
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091302

Abstract

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. gamma-ray line limits from 30 to 200 GeV obtained from 11 months of Fermi Large Area Space Telescope data from 20-300 GeV are presented using a selection based on requirements for a gamma-ray line analysis, and integrated over most of the sky. We obtain gamma-ray line flux upper limits in the range 0.6-4.5x10{-9} cm{-2} s{-1}, and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.