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Decaying dark matter can explain the<i>e</i><sup>±</sup>excesses

Decaying dark matter can explain the<i>e</i><sup>±</sup>excesses

PAMELA and ATIC recently reported excesses in e± cosmic rays. Since the interpretation in terms of DM annihilations was found to be not easily compatible with constraints from photon observations, we consider the DM decay hypothesis and find that it can explain thee± excesses compatibly with all constraints, and can …