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Gamma-ray observations of galaxy clusters strongly constrain dark matter annihilation in prompt cusps
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7604-1779
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). The Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation and Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0009-0009-1670-6247
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9888-0971
Number of Authors: 42025 (English)In: Physical Review D: covering particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, ISSN 2470-0010, E-ISSN 2470-0029, Vol. 112, no 10, article id 103001Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Thermal dark matter models generically include the prompt creation of highly concentrated dark matter cusps in the early Universe. Recent studies find that these cusps can survive to the present day, as long as they do not fall into extremely dense regions of baryonic structure. In this work, we build models of dark matter annihilation within the prompt cusps that reside in galaxy clusters, showing that they dominate the total 𝛾-ray annihilation signal. Using 15 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data, we find no evidence for a 𝛾-ray excess from these sources, and set strong constraints on annihilating dark matter. These constraints generically rule out the thermal annihilation cross section to the 𝑏⁢¯𝑏 channel for dark matter masses below  ∼200  GeV.

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2025. Vol. 112, no 10, article id 103001
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-250325DOI: 10.1103/wtkl-nkdwISI: 001614999500002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105022054345OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-250325DiVA, id: diva2:2021555
Available from: 2025-12-15 Created: 2025-12-15 Last updated: 2025-12-15Bibliographically approved

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