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- Abdo, A. A., et al.
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Fermi Large Area Telescope Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications
- 2010
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In: Physical Review Letters. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 104:9, s. 091302-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)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 0.6-4.5 x 10(-9) cm(-2) s(-1), and give corresponding DM annihilation cross-section and decay lifetime limits. Theoretical implications are briefly discussed.
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