Detecting fluorescent dark matter with X-ray lasers

Abstract Fluorescent dark matter has been suggested as a possible explanation of both the 3.5 keV excess in the diffuse emission of the Perseus Cluster and of the deficit at the same energy in the central active galaxy within that cluster, NGC 1275. In this work we point out that such a dark matter...

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Main Authors: Francesca Day, Malcolm Fairbairn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5994-7