IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters
| dc.contributor.author | Aartsen, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abbasi, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abdou, Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ackermann, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adams, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aguilar, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ahlers, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Altmann, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Auffenberg, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bai, X. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baker, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barwick, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baum, V. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bay, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beatty, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bechet, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Becker Tjus, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Becker, K.-H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Benabderrahmane, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | BenZvi, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | et al. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We present the results of a first search for self-annihilating dark matter in nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters using a sample of high-energy neutrinos acquired in 339.8 days of live time during 2009/10 with the IceCube neutrino observatory in its 59-string configuration. The targets of interest include the Virgo and Coma galaxy clusters, the Andromeda galaxy, and several dwarf galaxies. We obtain upper limits on the cross section as a function of the weakly interacting massive particle mass between 300 GeV and 100 TeV for the annihilation into bb¯, W+W−, τ+τ−, μ+μ−, and νν¯. A limit derived for the Virgo cluster, when assuming a large effect from subhalos, challenges the weakly interacting massive particle interpretation of a recently observed GeV positron excess in cosmic rays. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | M. G. Aartsen ... G. C. Hill ... et al. (IceCube Collaboration) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2013; 88(12):122001 -1-122001 -10 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.122001 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1550-2368 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1550-2368 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/88442 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
| dc.relation.grant | ARC | |
| dc.rights | © 2013 American Physical Society | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.88.122001 | |
| dc.title | IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |