主頁 > All-flavour Search for Neutrinos from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Milky Way with IceCube/DeepCore |
Article | |
Report number | arXiv:1606.00209 |
Title | All-flavour Search for Neutrinos from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Milky Way with IceCube/DeepCore |
Author(s) |
Aartsen, M.G. (Adelaide U.) ; Abraham, K. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Ackermann, M. (DESY) ; Adams, J. (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Aguilar, J.A. (Brussels U., IISN ; Geneva U.) ; Ahlers, M. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Ahrens, M. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Altmann, D. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Andeen, K. (Marquette U.) ; Anderson, T. (Fermilab) ; Ansseau, I. (Brussels U.) ; Anton, G. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Archinger, M. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Arguelles, C. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Arlen, T.C. (Penn State U.) ; Auffenberg, J. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Axani, S. (Alberta U.) ; Bai, X. (South Dakota Sch. Mines Tech.) ; Barwick, S.W. (UC, Irvine) ; Baum, V. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Bay, R. (UC, Berkeley) ; Beatty, J.J. (Ohio State U., CCAPP ; Ohio State U., Dept. Astron.) ; Becker Tjus, J. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Becker, K. -H. (Wuppertal U.) ; BenZvi, S. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Berghaus, P. (DESY) ; Berley, D. (Maryland U.) ; Bernardini, E. (DESY) ; Bernhard, A. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Besson, D.Z. (Kansas U.) ; Binder, G. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Bindig, D. (Wuppertal U.) ; Bissok, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Blaufuss, E. (Maryland U.) ; Blot, S. (Manchester U.) ; Boersma, D.J. (Uppsala U.) ; Bohm, C. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Börner, M. (Dortmund U.) ; Bos, F. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Bose, D. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Böser, S. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Botner, O. (CERN) ; Braun, J. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Brayeur, L. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Bretz, H. -P. (DESY) ; Burgman, A. (Uppsala U.) ; Casey, J. (Georgia Tech) ; Casier, M. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Cheung, E. (Maryland U.) ; Chirkin, D. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Christov, A. (Geneva U.) ; Clark, K. (Toronto U.) ; Classen, L. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Coenders, S. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Collin, G.H. (MIT) ; Conrad, J.M. (MIT) ; Cowen, D.F. (Penn State U.) ; Cruz Silva, A. H. (DESY) ; Daughhetee, J. (Georgia Tech) ; Davis, J.C. (Ohio State U., CCAPP) ; Day, M. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; de André, J.P.A.M. (Michigan State U.) ; De Clercq, C. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Rosendo, E. del Pino (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Dembinski, H. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; De Ridder, S. (Gent U.) ; Desiati, P. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; de Vries, K.D. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; de Wasseige, G. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; de With, M. (Humboldt U., Berlin) ; DeYoung, T. (Michigan State U.) ; Díaz-Vélez, J.C. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; di Lorenzo, V. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Dujmovic, H. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Dumm, J.P. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Dunkman, M. (Penn State U.) ; Eberhardt, B. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Ehrhardt, T. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Eichmann, B. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Euler, S. (Uppsala U.) ; Evenson, P.A. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Fahey, S. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Fazely, A.R. (Southern U.) ; Feintzeig, J. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Felde, J. (Maryland U.) ; Filimonov, K. (UC, Berkeley) ; Finley, C. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Flis, S. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Fösig, C. -C. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Franckowiak, A. (KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL ; Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) ; Fuchs, T. (Dortmund U.) ; Gaisser, T.K. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Gaior, R. (Chiba U.) ; Gallagher, J. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Gerhardt, L. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Ghorbani, K. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Giang, W. (Alberta U.) ; Gladstone, L. (MIT) ; Glagla, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Glüsenkamp, T. (DESY) ; Goldschmidt, A. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Golup, G. (Centro Atomico Bariloche) ; Gonzalez, J.G. (Delaware U.) ; Góra, D. (DESY) ; Grant, D. (Alberta U.) ; Griffith, Z. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Haack, C. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Haj Ismail, A. (Gent U.) ; Hallgren, A. (CERN) ; Halzen, F. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Hansen, E. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Hansmann, B. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Hansmann, T. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Hanson, K. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Hebecker, D. (Humboldt U., Berlin) ; Heereman, D. (Brussels U.) ; Helbing, K. (Wuppertal U.) ; Hellauer, R. (Maryland U.) ; Hickford, S. (Wuppertal U.) ; Hignight, J. (Michigan State U.) ; Hill, G.C. (Adelaide U.) ; Hoffman, K.D. (Maryland U.) ; Hoffmann, R. (Wuppertal U.) ; Holzapfel, K. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Homeier, A. (Bonn U.) ; Hoshina, K. (ERI, Tokyo ; Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Huang, F. (Penn State U.) ; Huber, M. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Huelsnitz, W. (Maryland U.) ; Hultqvist, K. (CERN) ; In, S. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Ishihara, A. (Chiba U.) ; Jacobi, E. (DESY) ; Japaridze, G.S. (Clark Atlanta U.) ; Jeong, M. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Jero, K. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Jones, B.J.P. (MIT) ; Jurkovic, M. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Kappes, A. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Karg, T. (DESY) ; Karle, A. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Katz, U. (Bonn U.) ; Kauer, M. (Wisconsin U., Madison ; Yale U.) ; Keivani, A. (Penn State U.) ; Kelley, J.L. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Kemp, J. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Kheirandish, A. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Kim, M. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Kintscher, T. (DESY) ; Kiryluk, J. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Kittler, T. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Klein, S.R. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Kohnen, G. (UMH, Mons) ; Koirala, R. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Kolanoski, H. (Humboldt U., Berlin) ; Konietz, R. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Köpke, L. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Kopper, C. (Alberta U.) ; Kopper, S. (Wuppertal U.) ; Koskinen, D.J. (Bohr Inst.) ; Kowalski, M. (DESY ; Humboldt U., Berlin) ; Krings, K. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Kroll, M. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Krückl, G. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Krüger, C. (Hannover U.) ; Kunnen, J. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Kunwar, S. (DESY) ; Kurahashi, N. (Drexel U.) ; Kuwabara, T. (Chiba U.) ; Labare, M. (Gent U.) ; Lanfranchi, J.L. (Penn State U.) ; Larson, M.J. (Bohr Inst.) ; Lennarz, D. (Michigan State U.) ; Lesiak-Bzdak, M. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Leuermann, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Leuner, J. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Lu, L. (Chiba U.) ; Lünemann, J. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Madsen, J. (Wisconsin U., River Falls) ; Maggi, G. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Mahn, K.B.M. (TRIUMF) ; Mancina, S. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Mandelartz, M. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Maruyama, R. (Yale U.) ; Mase, K. (Chiba U.) ; Maunu, R. (Maryland U.) ; McNally, F. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Meagher, K. (Brussels U.) ; Medici, M. (Bohr Inst.) ; Meier, M. (Purdue U.) ; Meli, A. (Gent U.) ; Menne, T. (Dortmund U.) ; Merino, G. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Meures, T. (Brussels U.) ; Miarecki, S. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Middell, E. (DESY) ; Mohrmann, L. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Montaruli, T. (Geneva U.) ; Moulai, M. (MIT) ; Nahnhauer, R. (DESY) ; Naumann, U. (Wuppertal U.) ; Neer, G. (Michigan State U.) ; Niederhausen, H. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Nowicki, S.C. (Alberta U.) ; Nygren, D.R. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Obertacke Pollmann, A. (Wuppertal U.) ; Olivas, A. (Maryland U.) ; Omairat, A. (Wuppertal U.) ; O'Murchadha, A. (Brussels U.) ; Palczewski, T. (Alabama U.) ; Pandya, H. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Pankova, D.V. (Penn State U.) ; Penek, Ö. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Pepper, J.A. (Alabama U.) ; los Heros, C. Pérez de (Uppsala U.) ; Pfendner, C. (Ohio State U., CCAPP) ; Pieloth, D. (Dortmund U.) ; Pinat, E. (Brussels U.) ; Posselt, J. (Wuppertal U.) ; Price, P.B. (UC, Berkeley) ; Przybylski, G.T. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Quinnan, M. (Penn State U.) ; Raab, C. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Rädel, L. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Rameez, M. (Geneva U.) ; Rawlins, K. (Alaska U., Anchorage) ; Reimann, R. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Relich, M. (Chiba U.) ; Resconi, E. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Rhode, W. (Dortmund U.) ; Richman, M. (Drexel U.) ; Riedel, B. (Alberta U.) ; Robertson, S. (Adelaide U.) ; Rongen, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Rott, C. (Sungkyunkwan U.) ; Ruhe, T. (Dortmund U.) ; Ryckbosch, D. (Gent U.) ; Rysewyk, D. (Michigan State U.) ; Sabbatini, L. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Herrera, S. E. Sanchez (Alberta U.) ; Sandrock, A. (Dortmund U.) ; Sandroos, J. (Bohr Inst.) ; Sarkar, S. (Oxford U.) ; Satalecka, K. (Madrid U.) ; Schimp, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Schlunder, P. (Dortmund U.) ; Schmidt, T. (Maryland U.) ; Schoenen, S. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Schöneberg, S. (Ruhr U., Bochum) ; Schönwald, A. (DESY) ; Schumacher, L. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Seckel, D. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Seunarine, S. (Wisconsin U., River Falls) ; Soldin, D. (Wuppertal U.) ; Song, M. (Yonsei U.) ; Spiczak, G.M. (Wisconsin U., River Falls) ; Spiering, C. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Stahlberg, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Stamatikos, M. (Ohio State U., CCAPP) ; Stanev, T. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Stasik, A. (DESY) ; Steuer, A. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Stezelberger, T. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Stokstad, R.G. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Stößl, A. (DESY) ; Ström, R. (Uppsala U.) ; Strotjohann, N.L. (DESY) ; Sullivan, G.W. (Maryland U.) ; Sutherland, M. (Ohio State U., CCAPP) ; Taavola, H. (Uppsala U.) ; Taboada, I. (Georgia Tech) ; Tatar, J. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Tenholt, F. ; Ter-Antonyan, S. (Southern U.) ; Terliuk, A. (DESY) ; Tešić, G. (Penn State U.) ; Tilav, S. (Delaware U., Bartol Inst.) ; Toale, P.A. (Alabama U.) ; Tobin, M.N. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Toscano, S. (ISDC, Versoix ; Vrije U., Brussels) ; Tosi, D. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Tselengidou, M. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) ; Turcati, A. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Unger, E. (Uppsala U.) ; Usner, M. (DESY) ; Vallecorsa, S. (Geneva U.) ; Vandenbroucke, J. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; van Eijndhoven, N. (Vrije U., Brussels) ; Vanheule, S. (Gent U.) ; van Rossem, M. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; van Santen, J. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Veenkamp, J. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Vehring, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Voge, M. (Bonn U.) ; Vraeghe, M. (Gent U.) ; Walck, C. (CERN) ; Wallace, A. (Adelaide U.) ; Wallraff, M. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Wandkowsky, N. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Weaver, Ch. (Alberta U.) ; Wendt, C. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Westerhoff, S. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Whelan, B.J. (Adelaide U.) ; Wickmann, S. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Wiebe, K. (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Wiebusch, C.H. (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Wille, L. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Williams, D.R. (Alabama U.) ; Wills, L. (Drexel U.) ; Wissing, H. (Maryland U.) ; Wolf, M. (Stockholm U., OKC) ; Wood, T.R. (Alberta U.) ; Woolsey, E. (Alberta U.) ; Woschnagg, K. (UC, Berkeley) ; Xu, D.L. (Alabama U.) ; Xu, X.W. (Southern U.) ; Xu, Y. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Yanez, J.P. (DESY) ; Yodh, G. (UC, Irvine) ; Yoshida, S. (Osaka U.) ; Zoll, M. (Stockholm U., OKC) |
Publication | 2016 |
Imprint | 01 Jun 2016 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Note | Comments: 15 pages, 8 figures. Minor text changes. Matches version accepted by EPJC |
In: | Eur. Phys. J. C 76 (2016) 531 |
DOI | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4375-3 |
Subject category | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Abstract | We present the first IceCube search for a signal of dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way using all-flavour neutrino-induced particle cascades. The analysis focuses on the DeepCore sub-detector of IceCube, and uses the surrounding IceCube strings as a veto region in order to select starting events in the DeepCore volume. We use 329 live-days of data from IceCube operating in its 86-string configuration during 2011-2012. No neutrino excess is found, the final result being compatible with the background-only hypothesis. From this null result, we derive upper limits on the velocity-averaged self-annihilation cross-section, < \sigma_A v >, for dark matter candidate masses ranging from 30 GeV up to 10 TeV, assuming both a cuspy and a flat-cored dark matter halo profile. For dark matter masses between 200 GeV and 10 TeV, the results improve on all previous IceCube results on < \sigma_A v >, reaching a level of 10^{-23} cm^3 s^-1, depending on the annihilation channel assumed, for a cusped NFW profile. The analysis demonstrates that all-flavour searches are competitive with muon channel searches despite the intrinsically worse angular resolution of cascades compared to muon tracks in IceCube. |
Copyright/License | arXiv nonexclusive-distrib. 1.0 publication: © 2016-2024 The Author(s) (License: CC-BY-4.0), sponsored by SCOAP³ |