Creation of the X-ray sky maps and their application for a search of the dark matter decay line

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
1Yakubovskyi, DA, 1Savchenko, DO, 2Busko, TO
1Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2015, 21 ;(5):90–93
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2015.05.090
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 

We describe a creation of the sky maps in 2—5 and 5—10 keV range using public database of observations of X-ray cosmic observatory XMM-Newton. Considering as an example a search of the dark matter decay line we show how the obtained sky maps can be used for actual astronomical tasks.
Keywords: dark matter decay line., sky map, X-ray astronomy
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