Cosmic Gamma-ray from Inverse Compton Process in Unstable Dark Matter Scenario

TL;DR

This paper investigates gamma-ray signals from inverse Compton scattering caused by decay products of unstable dark matter, proposing that precise measurements could test dark matter decay hypotheses.

Contribution

It provides detailed calculations of galactic and cosmological gamma-ray fluxes from decaying dark matter, linking them to potential observational tests.

Findings

Galactic gamma-ray fluxes are significant and detectable.

Cosmological gamma-ray contributions are substantial.

Fermi telescope data can test the decaying dark matter scenario.

Abstract

Motivated by the PAMELA anomaly in the fluxes of cosmic-ray electron and positron, we study the cosmic gamma-ray induced by the inverse Compton (IC) scattering process in unstable dark matter scenario assuming that the anomaly is due to the electron and positron emission by the decay of dark matter. We calculate the fluxes of IC-induced gamma-ray produced in our Galaxy and that from cosmological distance, and show that both of them are significant. If the gamma-ray flux is precisely determined by Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope for various line-of-sight directions, it will provide an important test of the decaying dark matter scenario.