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

• Published in: The European Physical Journal C
• Main Author: IceCube Collaboration
• Other Authors: Christov, Asen, Montaruli, Teresa, Rameez, Mohamed, Vallecorsa, Sofia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500.2; Milky Way; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:77271

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...