Antiproton and Radio Constraints on the Dark Matter Interpretation of the Fermi Gamma Ray Observations of the Galactic Center

Abstract

Recently, it was suggested that the gamma rays observed by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope from the direction of the galactic center could surprisingly well be described by a dark matter annihilation scenario, both in terms of their angular distribution and energy spectrum. Here, I point out that such a scenario would be in considerable tension with existing antiproton data, in particular the new PAMELA measurements. Radio data are even more constraining, thus disfavoring the dark matter hypothesis and making an astrophysical explanation of the observations much more plausible.

arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures

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