| Literature DB >> 15089189 |
Céline Boehm1, Dan Hooper, Joseph Silk, Michel Casse, Jacques Paul.
Abstract
We discuss the possibility that the recent detection of 511 keV gamma rays from the galactic bulge, as observed by INTEGRAL, is a consequence of low mass (1-100 MeV) particle dark matter annihilations. We discuss the type of halo profile favored by the observations as well as the size of the annihilation cross section needed to account for the signal. We find that such a scenario is consistent with the observed dark matter relic density and other constraints from astrophysics and particle physics.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID: 15089189 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.101301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161