Phys Rev Lett. 2024 Dec 31;133(26):261002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.261002.
ABSTRACT
Using tremendous photon statistics gained with the stray light aperture of the NuSTAR telescope over 11 years of operation, we set strong limits on the emission of close to monochromatic photons from the radiative decays of putative dark matter sterile neutrinos in the Milky Way. In the energy range of 3-20 keV covered by the NuSTAR, the obtained limits reach the bottom edge of theoretical predictions of realistic models where sterile neutrinos are produced in the early Universe. Only a small region is left to explore, if the sterile neutrinos form the entire dark matter component.
PMID:39879052 | DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.261002
