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Galactic Center gamma-ray excess: a standalone construct

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an excess of GeV gamma rays around the Milky Way's centre, studied as a possible signal of dark matter annihilation or of unresolved pulsars.

In astrophysics, Galactic Center gamma-ray excess refers to an excess of GeV gamma rays around the Milky Way's centre, studied as a possible signal of dark matter annihilation or of unresolved pulsars. This meaning comes from Hooper (2011) in Physics Letters B.[1]

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Hooper, D., & Goodenough, L. (2011). Dark matter annihilation in the Galactic Center as seen by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. Physics Letters B, 697(5), 412-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.029

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