Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-11-06
Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 161302
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, no figures. Version accepted by Physical Review Letters
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.161302
It has been recently proposed that the observed 511 keV emission from the Galactic bulge could be the product of very light (1-100 MeV) annihilating dark matter particles. Other possible explanations for this signal are associated with stellar objects, such as hypernovae. In order to distinguish between annihilating light dark matter scenario and more conventional astrophysical sources for the bulge emission, we here propose the study of dwarf spheroidals such as Sagittarius. These galaxies have typical luminosities of $10^5 L_\odot$ but mass-to-light ratios of $\sim 100$. As there are comparatively few stars, the prospects for 511 keV emission from standard astrophysical scenarios are minimal. The dwarf spheroidals do, however, contain copious amounts of dark matter. INTEGRAL/SPI has observed the Sagittarius region. Analysis of this data for 511 keV emission will provide a test of MeV dark matter which can distinguish between annihilating dark matter and more standard astrophysics. The observation of such a signal from Sagittarius should be a ``smoking gun'' for MeV dark matter.
Boehm Celine
Cass'e Michel
Evans Wyn N.
Ferrer Francesc
Hooper Dan
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