Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors
A search for an excess of muon neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope using data collected in 812 days of live time between 2001 and 2006 and 149 days of live time collected with the AMANDA-II and the 40-string configuration of Ic...
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Physics and Astronomy CAPTURE LIMITS ICE PARTICLES SOUTH-POLE Abbasi, R Abdou, Yasser Abu-Zayyad, T Ackermann, M Adams, J Andeen, K Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Altmann, D Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Alba, JLB Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, KH Bell, M Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blumenthal, J Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Bose, D Boser, S Botner, O Brayeur, L Brown, AM Buitink, S Caballero-Mora, KS Carson, Michael Casier, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF Silva, AHC D'Agostino, MV Danninger, M Daughhetee, J Davis, JC De Clercq, C Degner, T Descamps, Freija Desiati, P De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt DeYoung, T Diaz-Velez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegard, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Fedynitch, A Feintzeig, J Feusels, Tom Filimonov, K Finley, C Fischer-Wasels, T Flis, S Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glusenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Gora, D Grant, D Griesel, T Gross, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Haj Ismail, Abd Al Karim Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Heereman, D Heinen, D Helbing, K Hellauer, R Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Hoffmann, B Homeier, A Hoshina, K Huelsnitz, W Hulss, JP Hulth, PO Hultqvist, K Hussain, S Ishihara, A Jacobi, E Jacobsen, J Japaridze, GS Johansson, H Kappes, A Karg, T Karle, A Kiryluk, J Kislat, F Klein, SR Kohne, JH Kohnen, G Kolanoski, H Kopke, L Kopper, S Koskinen, DJ Kowalski, M Kowarik, T Krasberg, M Kroll, G Kunnen, J Kurahashi, N Kuwabara, T Labare, M Laihem, K Landsman, H Larson, MJ Lauer, R Lunemann, J Madsen, J Marotta, A Maruyama, R Mase, K Matis, HS Meagher, K Merck, M Meszaros, P Meures, T Miarecki, S Middell, E Milke, N Miller, J Montaruli, T Morse, R Movit, SM Nahnhauer, R Nam, JW Naumann, U Nowicki, SC Nygren, DR Odrowski, S Olivas, A Olivo, M O'Murchadha, A Panknin, S Paul, L de los Heros, CP Piegsa, A Pieloth, D Posselt, J Price, PB Przybylski, GT Rawlins, K Redl, P Resconi, E Rhode, W Ribordy, M Richman, M Rizzo, A Rodrigues, JP Rothmaier, F Rott, C Ruhe, T Rutledge, D Ruzybayev, B Ryckbosch, Dirk Sander, HG Santander, M Sarkar, S Schatto, K Schmidt, T Schoneberg, S Schonwald, A Schukraft, A Schulte, L Schultes, A Schulz, O Schunck, M Seckel, D Semburg, B Seo, SH Sestayo, Y Seunarine, S Silvestri, A Spiczak, GM Spiering, C Stamatikos, M Stanev, T Stezelberger, T Stokstad, RG Stossl, A Strahler, EA Strom, R Stuer, M Sullivan, GW Taavola, H Taboada, I Tamburro, A Ter-Antonyan, S Tilav, S Toale, PA Toscano, S Tosi, D van Eijndhoven, N Van Overloop, Arne van Santen, J Vehring, M Voge, M Walck, C Waldenmaier, T Wallraff, M Walter, M Wasserman, R Weaver, C Wendt, C Westerhoff, S Whitehorn, N Wiebe, K Wiebusch, CH Williams, DR Wischnewski, R Wissing, H Wolf, M Wood, TR Woschnagg, K Xu, C Xu, DL Xu, XW Yanez, JP Yodh, G Yoshida, S Zarzhitsky, P Zoll, M Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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A search for an excess of muon neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope using data collected in 812 days of live time between 2001 and 2006 and 149 days of live time collected with the AMANDA-II and the 40-string configuration of IceCube during 2008 and early 2009. No excess over the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been observed. We combine these results with the previously published IceCube limits obtained with data taken during 2007 to obtain a total live time of 1065 days. We provide an upper limit at 90% confidence level on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun, as well as the corresponding muon flux limit at the Earth, both as functions of the neutralino mass in the range 50-5000 GeV. We also derive a limit on the neutralino-proton spin-dependent and spin-independent cross section. The limits presented here improve the previous results obtained by the collaboration between a factor of 2 and 5, as well as extending the neutralino masses probed down to 50 GeV. The spin-dependent cross section limits are the most stringent so far for neutralino masses above 200 GeV, and well below direct search results in the mass range from 50 GeV to 5 TeV. |
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Abbasi, R Abdou, Yasser Abu-Zayyad, T Ackermann, M Adams, J Andeen, K Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Altmann, D Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Alba, JLB Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, KH Bell, M Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blumenthal, J Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Bose, D Boser, S Botner, O Brayeur, L Brown, AM Buitink, S Caballero-Mora, KS Carson, Michael Casier, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF Silva, AHC D'Agostino, MV Danninger, M Daughhetee, J Davis, JC De Clercq, C Degner, T Descamps, Freija Desiati, P De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt DeYoung, T Diaz-Velez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegard, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Fedynitch, A Feintzeig, J Feusels, Tom Filimonov, K Finley, C Fischer-Wasels, T Flis, S Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glusenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Gora, D Grant, D Griesel, T Gross, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Haj Ismail, Abd Al Karim Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Heereman, D Heinen, D Helbing, K Hellauer, R Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Hoffmann, B Homeier, A Hoshina, K Huelsnitz, W Hulss, JP Hulth, PO Hultqvist, K Hussain, S Ishihara, A Jacobi, E Jacobsen, J Japaridze, GS Johansson, H Kappes, A Karg, T Karle, A Kiryluk, J Kislat, F Klein, SR Kohne, JH Kohnen, G Kolanoski, H Kopke, L Kopper, S Koskinen, DJ Kowalski, M Kowarik, T Krasberg, M Kroll, G Kunnen, J Kurahashi, N Kuwabara, T Labare, M Laihem, K Landsman, H Larson, MJ Lauer, R Lunemann, J Madsen, J Marotta, A Maruyama, R Mase, K Matis, HS Meagher, K Merck, M Meszaros, P Meures, T Miarecki, S Middell, E Milke, N Miller, J Montaruli, T Morse, R Movit, SM Nahnhauer, R Nam, JW Naumann, U Nowicki, SC Nygren, DR Odrowski, S Olivas, A Olivo, M O'Murchadha, A Panknin, S Paul, L de los Heros, CP Piegsa, A Pieloth, D Posselt, J Price, PB Przybylski, GT Rawlins, K Redl, P Resconi, E Rhode, W Ribordy, M Richman, M Rizzo, A Rodrigues, JP Rothmaier, F Rott, C Ruhe, T Rutledge, D Ruzybayev, B Ryckbosch, Dirk Sander, HG Santander, M Sarkar, S Schatto, K Schmidt, T Schoneberg, S Schonwald, A Schukraft, A Schulte, L Schultes, A Schulz, O Schunck, M Seckel, D Semburg, B Seo, SH Sestayo, Y Seunarine, S Silvestri, A Spiczak, GM Spiering, C Stamatikos, M Stanev, T Stezelberger, T Stokstad, RG Stossl, A Strahler, EA Strom, R Stuer, M Sullivan, GW Taavola, H Taboada, I Tamburro, A Ter-Antonyan, S Tilav, S Toale, PA Toscano, S Tosi, D van Eijndhoven, N Van Overloop, Arne van Santen, J Vehring, M Voge, M Walck, C Waldenmaier, T Wallraff, M Walter, M Wasserman, R Weaver, C Wendt, C Westerhoff, S Whitehorn, N Wiebe, K Wiebusch, CH Williams, DR Wischnewski, R Wissing, H Wolf, M Wood, TR Woschnagg, K Xu, C Xu, DL Xu, XW Yanez, JP Yodh, G Yoshida, S Zarzhitsky, P Zoll, M |
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Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors |
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multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the sun with the amanda-ii and icecube detectors |
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:2144459 2023-10-01T03:59:30+02:00 Multiyear search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors Abbasi, R Abdou, Yasser Abu-Zayyad, T Ackermann, M Adams, J Andeen, K Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Altmann, D Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Alba, JLB Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, KH Bell, M Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blumenthal, J Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Bose, D Boser, S Botner, O Brayeur, L Brown, AM Buitink, S Caballero-Mora, KS Carson, Michael Casier, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF Silva, AHC D'Agostino, MV Danninger, M Daughhetee, J Davis, JC De Clercq, C Degner, T Descamps, Freija Desiati, P De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt DeYoung, T Diaz-Velez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegard, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Fedynitch, A Feintzeig, J Feusels, Tom Filimonov, K Finley, C Fischer-Wasels, T Flis, S Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glusenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Gora, D Grant, D Griesel, T Gross, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Haj Ismail, Abd Al Karim Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Heereman, D Heinen, D Helbing, K Hellauer, R Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Hoffmann, B Homeier, A Hoshina, K Huelsnitz, W Hulss, JP Hulth, PO Hultqvist, K Hussain, S Ishihara, A Jacobi, E Jacobsen, J Japaridze, GS Johansson, H Kappes, A Karg, T Karle, A Kiryluk, J Kislat, F Klein, SR Kohne, JH Kohnen, G Kolanoski, H Kopke, L Kopper, S Koskinen, DJ Kowalski, M Kowarik, T Krasberg, M Kroll, G Kunnen, J Kurahashi, N Kuwabara, T Labare, M Laihem, K Landsman, H Larson, MJ Lauer, R Lunemann, J Madsen, J Marotta, A Maruyama, R Mase, K Matis, HS Meagher, K Merck, M Meszaros, P Meures, T Miarecki, S Middell, E Milke, N Miller, J Montaruli, T Morse, R Movit, SM Nahnhauer, R Nam, JW Naumann, U Nowicki, SC Nygren, DR Odrowski, S Olivas, A Olivo, M O'Murchadha, A Panknin, S Paul, L de los Heros, CP Piegsa, A Pieloth, D Posselt, J Price, PB Przybylski, GT Rawlins, K Redl, P Resconi, E Rhode, W Ribordy, M Richman, M Rizzo, A Rodrigues, JP Rothmaier, F Rott, C Ruhe, T Rutledge, D Ruzybayev, B Ryckbosch, Dirk Sander, HG Santander, M Sarkar, S Schatto, K Schmidt, T Schoneberg, S Schonwald, A Schukraft, A Schulte, L Schultes, A Schulz, O Schunck, M Seckel, D Semburg, B Seo, SH Sestayo, Y Seunarine, S Silvestri, A Spiczak, GM Spiering, C Stamatikos, M Stanev, T Stezelberger, T Stokstad, RG Stossl, A Strahler, EA Strom, R Stuer, M Sullivan, GW Taavola, H Taboada, I Tamburro, A Ter-Antonyan, S Tilav, S Toale, PA Toscano, S Tosi, D van Eijndhoven, N Van Overloop, Arne van Santen, J Vehring, M Voge, M Walck, C Waldenmaier, T Wallraff, M Walter, M Wasserman, R Weaver, C Wendt, C Westerhoff, S Whitehorn, N Wiebe, K Wiebusch, CH Williams, DR Wischnewski, R Wissing, H Wolf, M Wood, TR Woschnagg, K Xu, C Xu, DL Xu, XW Yanez, JP Yodh, G Yoshida, S Zarzhitsky, P Zoll, M 2012 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2144459 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2144459 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.042002 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2144459/file/2148480 eng eng https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2144459 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2144459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.042002 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2144459/file/2148480 No license (in copyright) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess PHYSICAL REVIEW D ISSN: 1550-7998 Physics and Astronomy CAPTURE LIMITS ICE PARTICLES SOUTH-POLE journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.042002 2023-09-06T22:36:35Z A search for an excess of muon neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope using data collected in 812 days of live time between 2001 and 2006 and 149 days of live time collected with the AMANDA-II and the 40-string configuration of IceCube during 2008 and early 2009. No excess over the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been observed. We combine these results with the previously published IceCube limits obtained with data taken during 2007 to obtain a total live time of 1065 days. We provide an upper limit at 90% confidence level on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun, as well as the corresponding muon flux limit at the Earth, both as functions of the neutralino mass in the range 50-5000 GeV. We also derive a limit on the neutralino-proton spin-dependent and spin-independent cross section. The limits presented here improve the previous results obtained by the collaboration between a factor of 2 and 5, as well as extending the neutralino masses probed down to 50 GeV. The spin-dependent cross section limits are the most stringent so far for neutralino masses above 200 GeV, and well below direct search results in the mass range from 50 GeV to 5 TeV. 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