Strong limits on keV-scale galactic sterile neutrino dark matter with stray light from NuSTAR after 11 years of operation

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العنوان: Strong limits on keV-scale galactic sterile neutrino dark matter with stray light from NuSTAR after 11 years of operation
المؤلفون: Krivonos, R. A., Barinov, V. V., Mukhin, A. A., Gorbunov, D. S.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
مصطلحات موضوعية: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
الوصف: Using tremendous photon statistics gained with the stray light aperture of the NuSTAR telescope over 11 years of operation, we set strong limits on the emission of close to monochromatic photons from the radiative decays of putative dark matter sterile neutrinos in the Milky Way. In the energy range of 3-20 keV covered by the NuSTAR, the obtained limits reach the edge of theoretical predictions of realistic models leaving only a small room left to explore.
Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.; Comments and suggestions are welcome
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17861
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2405.17861
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv