WIMPS Are Stronger When They Stick Together

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2001-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108060v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 5 figures, Proc. of the 27th ICRC

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Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) remain the strongest candidates for the dark matter in the Universe. If WIMPs are the dark matter, they will form galactic halos according to the hierarchical clustering observed in N-body simulations. Cold dark matter (CDM) simulations show that large dark matter structures such as galactic and cluster halos are formed by the merging of many smaller clumps of dark matter. Each clump or halo is characterized by a centrally cusped density profile that can enhance the rate of WIMP annihilation and make the annihilation products more easily detectable. Electrons and positrons generated as decay products of WIMP annihilation emit synchrotron radiation in the Galactic magnetic field. We study the synchrotron signature from the clumps of dark matter in our Galactic halo. We find that the emission in the radio and microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum can be above the CMB anisotropy level and should be detectable by CMB anisotropy experiments. Depending on the density profile of dark matter clumps, hundreds of clumps can have detectable fluxes and angular sizes.

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