Indirect Searches for Dark Matter in the Milky Way with IceCube-DeepCore

• Main Author: Wolf, Martin
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Fysikum 2016
• Subjects: Dark Matter Annihilation; WIMP; Milky Way; IceCube Neutrino Observatory; DeepCore; neutrino; particle physics; high-energy physics; Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astronomi; astrofysik och kosmologi; South Pole; Navarro; South pole
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-128785

Many astronomical observations, including rotational curve measurements of stars and the analysis of the cosmic microwave background, suggest the existence of an invisible matter density content in the Universe, commonly called Dark Matter (DM). Possibly, DM could be of particle nature, where Weakly...