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Updated galactic radio constraints on Dark Matter

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/041

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dark matter theory; dark matter experiments

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  1. European Research Council (ERC) under the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)/ERC Starting Grant [278234]
  2. Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa Programme [SEV-2012-0249]
  3. MINECO through a Severo Ochoa fellowship [SEV-2012-0249]
  4. Consolider MultiDark [CSD2009-00064]
  5. [FPA2015-65929-P]

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We perform a detailed analysis of the synchrotron signals produced by dark matter annihilations and decays. We consider different set-ups for the propagation of electrons and positrons, the galactic magnetic field and dark matter properties. We then confront these signals with radio and microwave maps, including PLANCK measurements, from a frequency of 22 MHz up to 70 GHz. We derive two sets of constraints: conservative and progressive, the latter based on a modeling of the astrophysical emission. Radio and microwave constraints are complementary to those obtained with other indirect detection methods, especially for dark matter annihilating into leptonic channels.

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