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Analysis of L, S, C, and X Bands Using a Model-Independent Dark Matter Search Technique

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Abstract

We present a full analysis of the L, S, C and X bands using a unique technique that searches for radio signals consistent with the phase space of the Milky Way halo. This method relies on only two general assumptions to allow for a model-independent study. The first is that virialized dark matter in the halo can decay or annihilate to produce a quasi monochromatic radio line exhibiting a Doppler shift with position according to the solar motion through a static Galactic halo. The second is that such a signal would similarly vary in intensity based on its position with respect to the Galactic center. This analysis uses the full Breakthrough Listen GBT data set (~25,000 spectra).

* We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Heising– Simons Foundation, grant 2018-0989, and the assistance of Andrew Siemion, Steve Croft, and Matt Lebofsky of the Breakthrough Listen program throughout the project. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation funds the Breakthrough Initiatives, which manages Breakthrough Listen. The Green Bank Observatory facility is supported by the National Science Foundation and is operated by Associated Universities, Inc. under a cooperative agreement.

Presenters

  • Aya Keller

    University of California, Berkeley

Authors

  • Aya Keller

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Nicole Wolff

    Columbia University

  • Anna Dawes

    UC Berkeley

  • Alexander F Leder

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Karl A van Bibber

    University of California Berkeley