Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-04-22
Phys.Rev.D79:123517,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
v1: 15 pages, 7 figures; v2: 16 pages, 8 figures, title changed, figures 3 and 5 corrected, Fermi-LAT and HESS data added; v3:
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.123517
We study the local flux of electrons and positrons from annihilating Dark Matter (DM), and investigate how its spectrum depends on the choice of DM model and inhomogeneities in the DM distribution. Below a cutoff energy, the flux is expected to have a universal power-law form with an index n ~ -2. The cutoff energy and the behavior of the flux near the cutoff is model dependent. The dependence on the DM host halo profile may be significant at energies E < 100 GeV and leads to softening of the flux, n < -2. There may be additional features at high energies due to the presence of local clumps of DM, especially for models in which the Sommerfeld effect boosts subhalo luminosities. In general, the flux from a nearby clump gives rise to a harder spectrum of electrons and positrons, with an index n > -2. Using the Via Lactea II simulation, we estimate the probability of such subhalo effects in a generic Sommerfeld-enhanced model to be at least 4%, and possibly as high as 15% if subhalos below the simulation's resolution limit are accounted for. We discuss the consequences of these results for the interpretation of the ATIC, PAMELA, HESS, and Fermi data, as well as for future experiments.
Kuhlen Michael
Malyshev Dmitry
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