Abstract
Abstract In this work we study the cross-correlation between Fermi-LAT diffuse γ-ray maps and galaxy cluster catalogues in order to search for a diffuse dark matter signal. We employ an accurate estimation of the error covariance matrix and we select 4 galaxy cluster catalogues at low-redshift 0 < z < 0.2 with large-halo mass M500 > 1013M⊙ including infrared, optical and X-rays wavebands. We consider weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter with 100% branching ratios into τ+τ−, $b\bar{b}$, W+W− and μ+μ−. No evidence for a WIMP dark matter signal is identified, and we derive competitive bounds. The WIMP thermally averaged cross section is excluded at 95% C.L. for dark matter masses below 20 GeV and annihilation in the τ+τ− channel.
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