par Aartsen, M. G.;Hanson, Kael 
;Heereman von Zuydtwyck, David ;Meures, Thomas ;O'Murchadha, Aongus ;Pinat, Elisa ;Toscano, Simona ; [et al.]
Référence Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88, 122001
Publication Publié, 2013-12-06
;Heereman von Zuydtwyck, David ;Meures, Thomas ;O'Murchadha, Aongus ;Pinat, Elisa ;Toscano, Simona ; [et al.]Référence Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88, 122001
Publication Publié, 2013-12-06
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | 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 bb̄, W+W-, τ+τ -, μ+μ-, and νν̄. 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. © 2013 American Physical Society. |
