Robust Constraints on Dark Matter Annihilation into Gamma Rays and Charged Particles

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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7 pages, 5 figures. Talk given at DSU 09, Melbourne, Australia, June 2009

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Using gamma-ray data from observations of the Milky Way, Andromeda (M31), and the cosmic background, we calculate conservative upper limits on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section to a number of final states, over a wide range of dark matter masses. We first constrain annihilation to a pair of monoenergetic gamma rays, and show that in general our results are unchanged for a broader annihilation spectrum, if at least a few gamma rays are produced with energies within a factor of a few from the dark matter mass. We then place constraints on the self-annihilation cross section to an electron-positron pair, using gamma rays produced via internal bremsstrahlung radiative corrections. We also place constraints on annihilation into the other charged leptons. We make conservative assumptions about the astrophysical inputs, and demonstrate how our derived bounds would be strengthened if stronger assumptions about these inputs are adopted.

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