Annihilation radiation from a dark matter spike at the Galactic Centre |
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Authors: | Gianfranco Bertone,Gü nter Sigl, Joseph Silk |
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Affiliation: | Institut d'Astrophysique, F-75014 Paris, France; Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, NAPL Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH |
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Abstract: | ![]() We study annihilation radiation of neutralinos in the Galactic Centre, assuming the existence of a 'spike' in the dark matter density profile, caused by adiabatic accretion on to the massive black hole lying at the Galactic Centre. Under this assumption we find that it is possible to reproduce the observed SgrA* emission at radio and gamma-ray frequencies in a consistent scenario with a magnetic field close to the equipartition strength and with values of γ (the density profile power-law index) around 0.1. |
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Keywords: | Galaxy: centre dark matter |
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