First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Adrian-Martinez S, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anton L, Anvar S, Ardid M, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Classen F, Coniglione R, Core L, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Curtil C, De Bonis G, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Dumas A, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fehn K, Fermani P, Ferry S, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Geißelsöder S, Geyer K, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gleixner A, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Hallewell G, Hamal M, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, James C, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kooijman P, Kopper C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lambard G, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Louis F, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Martini S, Montaruli T, Morganti M, Motz H, Müller C, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Petrovic J, Piattelli P, Popa V, Pradier T, Racca C, Reed C, Riccobene GM, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Rujoiu M, Samtleben DFE, Sanchez-Losa A, Sapienza P, Schmid J, Schnabel J, Schulte S, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Trovato A, Vallage B, Vallee C, Van Elewyck V, Vernin P, Visser E, Wagner S, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yatkin K, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Article Number: UNSP 032

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/11/032

Abstract

A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The 90% CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are comparable with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section in the case of hard self-annihilation channels (W+W-, tau(+)tau(-)).

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National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University France (FR) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis France (FR) University of Bologna / Università di Bologna Italy (IT) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) / Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña Spain (ES) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G.,... Zuniga, J. (2013). First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/11/032

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 11 (2013).

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