Search for dark matter annihilation in the Galactic Center with IceCube-79

• Published in: The European Physical Journal C
• Main Authors: Ahrens, Maryon, Bohm, Christian, Dumm, Jonathan P., Finley, Chad, Flis, Samuel, Hulth, Per Olof, Hultqvist, Klas, Walck, Christian, Wolf, Martin, Zoll, Marcel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Fysikum 2015
• Subjects: Physical Sciences; Fysik; Milky Way; Sav’; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-125815; https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3713-1

The Milky Way is expected to be embedded in a halo of dark matter particles, with the highest density in the central region, and decreasing density with the halo-centric radius. Dark matter might be indirectly detectable at Earth through a flux of stable particles generated in dark matter annihilati...