Search for gamma-ray spectral lines with the Fermi Large Area Telescope and dark matter implications
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M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Albert,* A. Allafort, L. Baldini, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, K. Bechtol, R. Bellazzini, E. Bissaldi, E. D. Bloom, E. Bonamente, E. Bottacini, T. J. Brandt, J. Bregeon, M. Brigida, P. Bruel, R. Buehler, S. Buson, G.A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, P. A. Caraveo, J.M. Casandjian, C. Cecchi, E. Charles, R. C. G. Chaves, A. Chekhtman, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, J. Conrad, S. Cutini, F. D’Ammando, A. de Angelis, F. de Palma, C. D. Dermer, S.W. Digel, L. Di Venere, P. S. Drell, A. Drlica-Wagner, R. Essig, C. Favuzzi, S. J. Fegan, E. C. Ferrara, W.B. Focke, A. Franckowiak, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, G.A. Gomez-Vargas, I. A. Grenier, S. Guiriec, M. Gustafsson, D. Hadasch, M. Hayashida, A. B. Hill, D. Horan, X. Hou, R. E. Hughes, Y. Inoue, E. Izaguirre, T. Jogler, T. Kamae, J. Knödlseder, M. Kuss, J. Lande, S. Larsson, L. Latronico, F. Longo, F. Loparco, M.N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, D. Malyshev, M. Mayer, M.N. Mazziotta, J. E. McEnery, P. F. Michelson, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, A.A. Moiseev, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, T. Nakamori, R. Nemmen, E. Nuss, T. Ohsugi, A. Okumura, N. Omodei, M. Orienti, E. Orlando, J. F. Ormes, D. Paneque, J. S. Perkins, M. Pesce-Rollins, F. Piron, G. Pivato, S. Rainò, R. Rando, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, R.W. Romani, M. Sánchez-Conde, A. Schulz, C. Sgrò, J. Siegal-Gaskins, E. J. Siskind, A. Snyder, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, D. J. Suson, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, J. G. Thayer, J. B. Thayer, L. Tibaldo, M. Tinivella, G. Tosti, E. Troja, Y. Uchiyama, T. L. Usher, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vasileiou, G. Vianello, V. Vitale, B. L. Winer, K. S. Wood, M. Wood, Z. Yang, G. Zaharijas, and S. Zimmer
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