Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation into Neutrinos with\n Super-Kamiokande

2015/10/27 by K. Frankiewicz, Frankiewicz, Katarzyna · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1510.07999

Abstract

This work presents indirect searches for dark matter (DM) as WIMPs (Weakly\nInteracting Massive Particles) using neutrino data recorded by the\nSuper-Kamiokande detector from 1996 to 2014. The results of the search for\nWIMP-induced neutrinos from the Sun and the Milky Way are discussed. We looked\nfor an excess of neutrinos from the Sun/Milky Way direction compared to the\nexpected atmospheric neutrino background. Event samples including both electron\nand muon neutrinos covering a wide range of neutrino energies (GeV to TeV) were\nused, with sensitivity to WIMP masses down to tens of GeV. Various WIMP\nannihilation modes were taken into account in the analyses.\n

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