Constraints on Dark Matter annihilations from reionization and heating of the intergalactic gas
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Constraints on Dark Matter annihilations from reionization and heating of the intergalactic gas
Dark Matter annihilations after recombination and during the epoch of structure formation deposit energy in the primordial intergalactic medium, producing reionization and heating. We investigate the constraints that are imposed by the observed optical depth of the Universe and the measured temperature of the intergalactic gas. We find that the bounds are significant, and have the power to rule...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1475-7516
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/10/009