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Unidentified Line in X-Ray Spectra of the Andromeda Galaxy and Perseus Galaxy Cluster

Boyarsky, A.
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Ruchayskiy, O.  
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Iakubovskyi, D.
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2014
Physical Review Letters

We report a weak line at 3.52 +/- 0.02 keV in x-ray spectra of the Andromeda galaxy and the Perseus galaxy cluster observed by the metal-oxide-silicon (MOS) and p-n (PN) CCD cameras of the XMM-Newton telescope. This line is not known as an atomic line in the spectra of galaxies or clusters. It becomes stronger towards the centers of the objects; is stronger for Perseus than for M31; is absent in the spectrum of a deep "blank sky" data set. Although for each object it is hard to exclude that the feature is due to an instrumental effect or an atomic line, it is consistent with the behavior of a dark matter decay line. Future (non-) detections of this line in multiple objects may help to reveal its nature.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.251301
Web of Science ID

WOS:000346383900002

Author(s)
Boyarsky, A.
Ruchayskiy, O.  
Iakubovskyi, D.
Franse, J.
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

113

Issue

25

Article Number

251301

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REVIEWED

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February 20, 2015
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