First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration
© 2017, The Author(s). We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter, can scatter off nuclei inside the Earth and fall below its escape velocity. Over time the captu...
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ftcdlib:qt5350s08s 2023-05-15T18:22:39+02:00 First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glagla, M 2017-02-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5350s08s english eng eScholarship, University of California qt5350s08s http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5350s08s public Aartsen, MG; Abraham, K; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; et al.(2017). First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 77(2). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4582-y. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5350s08s article 2017 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4582-y 2018-09-28T22:52:39Z © 2017, The Author(s). We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter, can scatter off nuclei inside the Earth and fall below its escape velocity. Over time the captured WIMPs will be accumulated and may eventually self-annihilate. Among the annihilation products only neutrinos can escape from the center of the Earth. Large-scale neutrino telescopes, such as the cubic kilometer IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole, can be used to search for such neutrino fluxes. Data from 327 days of detector livetime during 2011/2012 were analyzed. No excess beyond the expected background from atmospheric neutrinos was detected. The derived upper limits on the annihilation rate of WIMPs in the Earth and the resulting muon flux are an order of magnitude stronger than the limits of the last analysis performed with data from IceCube’s predecessor AMANDA. The limits can be translated in terms of a spin-independent WIMP–nucleon cross section. For a WIMP mass of 50 GeV this analysis results in the most restrictive limits achieved with IceCube data. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of California: eScholarship South Pole The European Physical Journal C 77 2 |
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© 2017, The Author(s). We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter, can scatter off nuclei inside the Earth and fall below its escape velocity. Over time the captured WIMPs will be accumulated and may eventually self-annihilate. Among the annihilation products only neutrinos can escape from the center of the Earth. Large-scale neutrino telescopes, such as the cubic kilometer IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole, can be used to search for such neutrino fluxes. Data from 327 days of detector livetime during 2011/2012 were analyzed. No excess beyond the expected background from atmospheric neutrinos was detected. The derived upper limits on the annihilation rate of WIMPs in the Earth and the resulting muon flux are an order of magnitude stronger than the limits of the last analysis performed with data from IceCube’s predecessor AMANDA. The limits can be translated in terms of a spin-independent WIMP–nucleon cross section. For a WIMP mass of 50 GeV this analysis results in the most restrictive limits achieved with IceCube data. |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glagla, M |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glagla, M First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glagla, M |
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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration |
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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration |
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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration |
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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration |
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Aartsen, MG; Abraham, K; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; et al.(2017). First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 77(2). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4582-y. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5350s08s |
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