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Multi-wavelength emission from dark matter annihilation processes in galaxy clusters and dark matter sub-halos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2021

Remudin Reshid Mekuria
Remudin Reshid Mekuria*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Multi-wavelength emission maps from dark matter (DM) annihilation processes in galaxy clusters are produced using Marenostrum-MultiDark SImulation of galaxy Clusters (MUSIC-2) high resolution cosmological simulations. Comparison made with observational radio emission flux data (spectral shape) and the spatial distribution from the simulated emission maps show that secondary particles from DM annihilation could describe the origin of energetic particles which are the sources of the diffuse radio emission observed in large number of galaxy clusters. DM sub-halos which are dominantly composed of DM, but with very little or no gas and stellar content, are ideal objects to study the nature and properties of DM. Therefore, statistical studies of a large number of them as well the emission maps of high mass-to-light ratio DM sub-halos will not only explain the observed diffused radio emission but also provide very crucial information about the nature and properties of DM particles.

Keywords

Dark mattergalaxy clustersub-haloradio emission
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time , October 2019 , pp. 390 - 392
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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