Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-13
Phys.Rev.Lett.99:131301,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to PRL, 4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.131301
We consider the possibility of constraining the lifetime of radiatively decaying dark matter particles in clusters of galaxies inspired from generic axions of the Kaluza-Klein type. Such axions have been invoked as a possible explanation for the coronal X-ray emission from the Sun. These axions, or similar particles, can be produced inside stars and some of them remain confined by the deep gravitational potential of clusters of galaxies. Specifically, we consider regions within merging galaxy clusters (Abell 520 and the "Bullet Cluster"), where gravitational lensing observations have identified massive, but baryon poor, structures. From an analysis of X-ray observations of these mass concentrations, and the expected photon spectrum of decaying solar KK-axions, we derive lower limits to the lifetime of such axions of tau approx. 10^23 sec. However, if KK-axions constitute less than a few percent of the dark matter mass, this lifetime constraint is similar to that derived from solar KK-axions.
Dahle Haakon
Hansen Steen H.
Liolios Anastasios
Pedersen Kristian
Riemer-Sorensen Signe
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