Technical comment on the paper of Dessert et al. "The dark matter interpretation of the 3.5 keV line is inconsistent with blank-sky observations"

Technical Comment on “The dark matter interpretation of the 3.5-keV line is inconsistent with blank-sky observations” (2020),

K. N. Abazajian, · 2004

Earlier work this paper cites.

X-Ray Spectrum of Sagittarius A East ,

K. Koyama, H. Uchiyama, Y. Hyodo, H. Matsumoto, T. G. Tsuru, M. Ozaki, Y. Maeda and H. Murakami, · 2007

Earlier work this paper cites.

The XMM-Newton EPIC Background and the production of Background Blank Sky Event Files ,

J. Carter and A. Read, · 2007

Earlier work this paper cites.

Detection of An Unidentified Emission Line in the Stacked X-ray spectrum of Galaxy Clusters ,

E. Bulbul, M. Markevitch, A. Foster, R. K. Smith, M. Loewenstein and S. W. Randall, · 2014

Earlier work this paper cites.

Unidentified Line in X-Ray Spectra of the Andromeda Galaxy and Perseus Galaxy Cluster ,

A. Boyarsky, O. Ruchayskiy, D. Iakubovskyi and J. Franse, · 2014

Earlier work this paper cites.

A Suzaku Search for Dark Matter Emission Lines in the X-ray Brightest Galaxy Clusters ,

O. Urban, N. Werner, S. W. Allen, A. Simionescu, J. S. Kaastra and L. E. Strigari, · 2015

Cited alongside, same era.

Checking the Dark Matter Origin of a 3.53 keV Line with the Milky Way Center ,

A. Boyarsky, J. Franse, D. Iakubovskyi and O. Ruchayskiy, · 2015

Cited alongside, same era.

The XMM–Newton view of the central degrees of the Milky Way ,

G. Ponti et al. , · 2015

Cited alongside, same era.

Searching for decaying dark matter in deep XMM-Newton observation of the Draco dwarf spheroidal ,

O. Ruchayskiy, A. Boyarsky, D. Iakubovskyi, E. Bulbul, D. Eckert, J. Franse, D. Malyshev, M. Markevitch and A. Neronov, · 2016

Cited alongside, same era.

Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter ,

A. Boyarsky, M. Drewes, T. Lasserre, S. Mertens and O. Ruchayskiy, · 2018

Cited alongside, same era.

Dataset for paper “Surface brightness profile of the 3.5 kev line in the Milky Way halo” ,

A. Boyarsky, D. Iakubovskyi, O. Ruchayskiy and D. Savchenko, · 2018

Later among the works it cites.

Surface brightness profile of the 3.5 keV line in the Milky Way halo (2018),

A. Boyarsky, D. Iakubovskyi, O. Ruchayskiy and D. Savchenko, · 2018

Later among the works it cites.

Review of particle physics ,

M. Tanabashi et al. , · 2018

Later among the works it cites.

The dark matter interpretation of the 3.5-kev line is inconsistent with blank-sky observations ,

C. Dessert, N. L. Rodd and B. R. Safdi, · 2020

Closest in time.

H ​ i ​ t ​ o ​ m ​ i Hitomi constraints on the 3.5 keV line in the Perseus galaxy cluster ,

F. A. Aharonian et al. , · 2041

Closest in time.