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Search for GeV-scale Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun with IceCube DeepCore
arXiv.org, Vol.105(6)
21 Feb 2022
Abstract
The Sun provides an excellent target for studying spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering due to its high matter density and abundant hydrogen content. Dark matter particles from the Galactic halo can elastically interact with Solar nuclei, resulting in their capture and thermalization in the Sun. The captured dark matter can annihilate into Standard Model particles including an observable flux of neutrinos. We present the results of a search for low-energy (\(<\) 500 GeV) neutrinos correlated with the direction of the Sun using 7 years of IceCube data. This work utilizes, for the first time, new optimized cuts to extend IceCube's sensitivity to dark matter mass down to 5 GeV. We find no significant detection of neutrinos from the Sun. Our observations exclude capture by spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering with cross-section down to a few times \(10^{-41}\) cm\(^2\), assuming there is equilibrium with annihilation into neutrinos/anti-neutrinos for dark matter masses between 5 GeV and 100 GeV. These are the strongest constraints at GeV energies for dark matter annihilation directly to neutrinos.
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- Search for GeV-scale Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun with IceCube DeepCore
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- R AbbasiM AckermannJ AdamsJ AguilarM AhlersM AhrensJ AlameddineC AlispachA AlvesN AminK AndeenT AndersonG AntonC ArgüellesY AshidaS AxaniX BaiA BalagopalA BarbanoS BarwickB BastianV BasuS BaurR BayJ BeattyK -H BeckerJ Becker TjusC BellenghiS BenZviD BerleyE BernardiniD BessonG BinderD BindigE BlaufussS BlotM BoddenbergF BontempoJ BorowkaS BöserO BotnerJ BöttcherE BourbeauF BradascioJ BraunB BrinsonS BronJ Brostean-KaiserS BrowneA BurgmanR BurleyR BusseM CampanaE Carnie-BroncaC ChenZ ChenD ChirkinK ChoiB ClarkK ClarkL ClassenA ColemanG CollinJ ConradP CoppinP CorreaD CowenR CrossC DappenP DaveC De ClercqJ DeLaunayD Delgado LópezH DembinskiK DeoskarA DesaiP DesiatiK de VriesG de WasseigeM de WithT DeYoungA DiazJ Díaz-VélezM DittmerH DujmovicM DunkmanM DuVernoisE DvorakT EhrhardtP EllerR EngelH ErpenbeckJ EvansP EvensonK FanA FazelyA FedynitchN FeiglS FiedlschusterA FienbergK FilimonovC FinleyL FischerD FoxA FranckowiakE FriedmanA FritzP FürstT GaisserJ GallagherE GansterA GarciaS GarrappaL GerhardtA GhadimiC GlaserT GlauchT GlüsenkampJ GonzalezS GoswamiD GrantT GrégoireS GriswoldC GüntherP GutjahrC HaackA HallgrenR HallidayL HalveF HalzenM Ha MinhK HansonJ HardinA HarnischA HaungsD HebeckerK HelbingF HenningsenE HettingerS HickfordJ HignightC HillG HillK HoffmanR HoffmannB Hokanson-FasigK HoshinaF HuangM HuberT HuberK HultqvistM HünnefeldR HussainK HymonS InN IovineA IshiharaM JanssonG JaparidzeM JeongM JinB JonesD KangW KangX KangA KappesD KappesserL KardumT KargM KarlA KarleU KatzM KauerM KellermannJ KelleyA KheirandishK KinT KintscherJ KirylukS KleinR KoiralaH KolanoskiT KontrimasL KöpkeC KopperS KopperD KoskinenP KoundalM KovacevichM KowalskiT KozynetsE KunN KurahashiN LadC Lagunas GualdaJ LanfranchiM LarsonF LauberJ LazarJ LeeK LeonardA LeszczyńskaY LiM LincettoQ LiuM LiubarskaE LohfinkC Lozano MariscalL LuF LucarelliA LudwigW LuszczakY LyuW MaJ MadsenK MahnY MakinoS MancinaI MarişI Martinez-SolerR MaruyamaK MaseT McElroyF McNallyJ MeadK MeagherS MechbalA MedinaM MeierS Meighen-BergerJ MicallefD MocklerT MontaruliR MooreR MorseM MoulaiR NaabR NagaiU NaumannJ NeckerL NguyenH NiederhausenM NisaS NowickiA PollmannM OehlerB OeyenA OlivasE O'SullivanH PandyaD PankovaN ParkG ParkerE PaudelL PaulC Pérez de los HerosL PetersJ PetersonS PhilippenS PieperM PittermannA PizzutoM PlumY PopovychA PorcelliM Prado RodriguezP PriceB PriesG PrzybylskiC RaabA RaissiM RameezK RawlinsI ReaA RehmanP ReichherzerR ReimannG RenziE ResconiS ReuschW RhodeM RichmanB RiedelE RobertsS RobertsonG RoellinghoffM RongenC RottT RuheD RyckboschD CantuI SafaJ SafferS Sanchez HerreraA SandrockJ SandroosM SantanderS SarkarK SataleckaM SchaufelH SchielerS SchindlerT SchmidtA SchneiderJ SchneiderF SchröderL SchumacherG SchweferS SclafaniD SeckelS SeunarineA SharmaS ShefaliM SilvaB SkrzypekB SmithersR SnihurJ SoedingreksoD SoldinC SpannfellnerG SpiczakC SpieringJ StachurskaM StamatikosT StanevR SteinJ StettnerA SteuerT StezelbergerT StürwaldT StuttardG SullivanI TaboadaS Ter-AntonyanS TilavF TischbeinK TollefsonC TönnisS ToscanoD TosiA TrettinM TselengidouC TungA TurcatiR TurcotteC TurleyJ TwagirayezuB TyM Unland ElorrietaN Valtonen-MattilaJ VandenbrouckeN van EijndhovenD VanneromJ van SantenS VerpoestC WalckT WatsonC WeaverP WeigelA WeindlM WeissJ WeldertC WendtJ WerthebachM WeyrauchN WhitehornC WiebuschD WilliamsM WolfK WoschnaggG WredeJ WulffX XuJ YanezS YoshidaS YuT YuanZ ZhangIceCube CollaborationP Zhelnin
- Publication Details
- arXiv.org, Vol.105(6)
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- Cornell University Library, arXiv.org; Ithaca
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- Other
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Identifiers
- 991019168026504721
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