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

• Main Authors: Aartsen, M. G., Aguilar Sanchez, Juan Antonio, Heereman von Zuydtwyck, David, Meagher, Kevin, Meures, Thomas, O'Murchadha, Aongus, Pinat, Elisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Physique des particules élémentaires; Milky Way; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/226687; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/226687/3/doi_210314.pdf

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...