Possible evidence for axino dark matter in the galactic bulge

Dan Hooper and Lian-Tao Wang
Phys. Rev. D 70, 063506 – Published 3 September 2004

Abstract

Recently, the SPI spectrometer on the INTEGRAL satellite observed strong 511 keV line emission from the galactic bulge. Although the angular distribution (spherically symmetric with width of 9°) of this emission is difficult to account for with traditional astrophysical scenarios, light dark matter particles could account for the observation. In this paper, we consider the possibility that decaying axinos in an Repartee violating model of supersymmetry may be the source of this emission. We find that 1300MeV axinos with R-parity violating couplings can naturally produce the observed emission.

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  • Received 4 March 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.063506

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Dan Hooper1 and Lian-Tao Wang2

  • 1Astrophysics Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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Vol. 70, Iss. 6 — 15 September 2004

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