Dark matter profile in the galactic center.
We describe a quasiequilibrium profile of dark matter particles in the inner parsec of the Galaxy, rhodm proportional to r(-3/2). This "minicusp" profile is caused by scattering with the dense stellar cluster around the supermassive black hole in Sgr A* and is independent of the initial conditions. The implications for detection of gamma rays from annihilation of weakly interacting massive dark matter particle in the Galactic center are a mild enhancement of the flux and a characteristic central feature in the angular distribution which could be detectable by high-resolution atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. ognedin@stsci.edu
Oleg Y
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Gnedin
Joel R
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Primack