Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-02-04
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.368:659-667,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures, MNRAS, in press
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10133.x
We present theoretical modelling of the electron distribution produced by annihilating neutralino dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). In particular, we follow up the idea of Colafrancesco (2004) and find that such electrons distort the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. For an assumed neutralino mass of 10 GeV and beam size of 1'', the SZ temperature decrement is of the order of nano-Kelvin for dSph models with a soft core. By contrast, it is of the order of micro-Kelvin for the strongly cusped dSph models favoured by some cosmological simulations. Although this is out of reach of current instruments, it may well be detectable by future mm telescopes, such as ALMA. We also show that the upscattered CMB photons have energies within reach of upcoming X-ray observatories, but that the flux of such photons is too small to be detectable soon. Nonetheless, we conclude that searching for the dark matter induced Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect is a promising way of constraining the dark distribution in dSphs, especially if the particles are light.
Colafrancesco Sergio
Culverhouse Thomas L.
Evans Wyn N.
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