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The signal of decaying dark matter with hydrodynamical simulations
Lovell, Mark R; Barnes, David; Bahé, Yannick; Schaye, Joop; Schaller, Matthieu; Theuns, Tom; Bose, Sownak; Crain, Robert A; Vecchia, Claudio dalla; Frenk, Carlos S; Hellwing, Wojciech; Kay, Scott T; Ludlow, Aaron D; Bower, Richard G
Authors
David Barnes
Yannick Bahé
Joop Schaye
Matthieu Schaller matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Professor Tom Theuns tom.theuns@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Sownak Bose
Robert A Crain
Claudio dalla Vecchia
Professor Carlos Frenk c.s.frenk@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Wojciech Hellwing
Scott T Kay
Aaron D Ludlow
Richard G Bower
Abstract
Dark matter particles may decay, emitting photons. Drawing on the EAGLE family of hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy formation – including the APOSTLE and C-EAGLE simulations – we assess the systematic uncertainties and scatter on the decay flux from different galaxy classes, from Milky Way satellites to galaxy clusters, and compare our results to studies of the 3.55 keV line. We demonstrate that previous detections and non-detections of this line are consistent with a dark matter interpretation. For example, in our simulations the width of the the dark matter decay line for Perseus-analogue galaxy clusters lies in the range 1300-1700 kms−1, and exceptionally up to 3000 kms−1. Therefore, the non-detection of the 3.55 keV line in the centre of the Perseus cluster by the Hitomi collaboration is consistent with detections by other instruments. We also consider trends with stellar and halo mass and evaluate the scatter in the expected fluxes arising from the anisotropic halo mass distribution and from object-to-object variations. We provide specific predictions for observations with XMM-Newton and with the planned X-ray telescopes XRISM and ATHENA. If future detections of unexplained X-ray lines match our predictions, including line widths, we will have strong evidence that we have discovered the dark matter.
Citation
Lovell, M. R., Barnes, D., Bahé, Y., Schaye, J., Schaller, M., Theuns, T., …Bower, R. G. (2019). The signal of decaying dark matter with hydrodynamical simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(3), 4071-4089. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz691
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 21, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 8, 2019 |
Publication Date | May 31, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 27, 2019 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 485 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 4071-4089 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz691 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1306592 |
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