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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Indirect searches for Dark Matter with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Guillaume Lambard

subject

PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaSolar neutrinoDark matterNeutrino telescopeAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomyAstrophysicsSolar neutrino problemNeutrino detectorMeasurements of neutrino speedHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoNeutrino astronomy

description

The results of a search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008 are presented. The number of neutrinos observed is found to be compatible with background expectations and upper limits for the spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of the CMSSM. These limits are comparable to those obtained by other neutrino telescopes and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section assuming the self-annihilation proceeds through hard channels, i.e. via W + W and t + t .

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-05-31Proceedings of XXIst International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(EPS-HEP2011)
https://doi.org/10.22323/1.134.0064