European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Mar 2017)
Search for annihilating dark matter in the Sun with 3 years of IceCube data
- M. G. Aartsen,
- M. Ackermann,
- J. Adams,
- J. A. Aguilar,
- M. Ahlers,
- M. Ahrens,
- D. Altmann,
- K. Andeen,
- T. Anderson,
- I. Ansseau,
- G. Anton,
- M. Archinger,
- C. Argüelles,
- J. Auffenberg,
- S. Axani,
- X. Bai,
- S. W. Barwick,
- V. Baum,
- R. Bay,
- J. J. Beatty,
- J. Becker Tjus,
- K.-H. Becker,
- S. BenZvi,
- D. Berley,
- E. Bernardini,
- A. Bernhard,
- D. Z. Besson,
- G. Binder,
- D. Bindig,
- M. Bissok,
- E. Blaufuss,
- S. Blot,
- C. Bohm,
- M. Börner,
- F. Bos,
- D. Bose,
- S. Böser,
- O. Botner,
- J. Braun,
- L. Brayeur,
- H.-P. Bretz,
- S. Bron,
- A. Burgman,
- T. Carver,
- M. Casier,
- E. Cheung,
- D. Chirkin,
- A. Christov,
- K. Clark,
- L. Classen,
- S. Coenders,
- G. H. Collin,
- J. M. Conrad,
- D. F. Cowen,
- R. Cross,
- M. Day,
- J. P. A. M. de André,
- C. De Clercq,
- E. del Pino Rosendo,
- H. Dembinski,
- S. De Ridder,
- P. Desiati,
- K. D. de Vries,
- G. de Wasseige,
- M. de With,
- T. DeYoung,
- J. C. Díaz-Vélez,
- V. di Lorenzo,
- H. Dujmovic,
- J. P. Dumm,
- M. Dunkman,
- B. Eberhardt,
- T. Ehrhardt,
- B. Eichmann,
- P. Eller,
- S. Euler,
- P. A. Evenson,
- S. Fahey,
- A. R. Fazely,
- J. Feintzeig,
- J. Felde,
- K. Filimonov,
- C. Finley,
- S. Flis,
- C.-C. Fösig,
- A. Franckowiak,
- E. Friedman,
- T. Fuchs,
- T. K. Gaisser,
- J. Gallagher,
- L. Gerhardt,
- K. Ghorbani,
- W. Giang,
- L. Gladstone,
- T. Glauch,
- T. Glüsenkamp,
- A. Goldschmidt,
- J. G. Gonzalez,
- D. Grant,
- Z. Griffith,
- C. Haack,
- A. Hallgren,
- F. Halzen,
- E. Hansen,
- T. Hansmann,
- K. Hanson,
- D. Hebecker,
- D. Heereman,
- K. Helbing,
- R. Hellauer,
- S. Hickford,
- J. Hignight,
- G. C. Hill,
- K. D. Hoffman,
- R. Hoffmann,
- K. Hoshina,
- F. Huang,
- M. Huber,
- K. Hultqvist,
- S. In,
- A. Ishihara,
- E. Jacobi,
- G. S. Japaridze,
- M. Jeong,
- K. Jero,
- B. J. P. Jones,
- W. Kang,
- A. Kappes,
- T. Karg,
- A. Karle,
- U. Katz,
- M. Kauer,
- A. Keivani,
- J. L. Kelley,
- A. Kheirandish,
- J. Kim,
- M. Kim,
- T. Kintscher,
- J. Kiryluk,
- T. Kittler,
- S. R. Klein,
- G. Kohnen,
- R. Koirala,
- H. Kolanoski,
- R. Konietz,
- L. Köpke,
- C. Kopper,
- S. Kopper,
- D. J. Koskinen,
- M. Kowalski,
- K. Krings,
- M. Kroll,
- G. Krückl,
- C. Krüger,
- J. Kunnen,
- S. Kunwar,
- N. Kurahashi,
- T. Kuwabara,
- M. Labare,
- J. L. Lanfranchi,
- M. J. Larson,
- F. Lauber,
- D. Lennarz,
- M. Lesiak-Bzdak,
- M. Leuermann,
- L. Lu,
- J. Lünemann,
- J. Madsen,
- G. Maggi,
- K. B. M. Mahn,
- S. Mancina,
- M. Mandelartz,
- R. Maruyama,
- K. Mase,
- R. Maunu,
- F. McNally,
- K. Meagher,
- M. Medici,
- M. Meier,
- A. Meli,
- T. Menne,
- G. Merino,
- T. Meures,
- S. Miarecki,
- T. Montaruli,
- M. Moulai,
- R. Nahnhauer,
- U. Naumann,
- G. Neer,
- H. Niederhausen,
- S. C. Nowicki,
- D. R. Nygren,
- A. Obertacke Pollmann,
- A. Olivas,
- A. O’Murchadha,
- T. Palczewski,
- H. Pandya,
- D. V. Pankova,
- P. Peiffer,
- Ö. Penek,
- J. A. Pepper,
- C. Pérez de los Heros,
- D. Pieloth,
- E. Pinat,
- P. B. Price,
- G. T. Przybylski,
- M. Quinnan,
- C. Raab,
- L. Rädel,
- M. Rameez,
- K. Rawlins,
- R. Reimann,
- B. Relethford,
- M. Relich,
- E. Resconi,
- W. Rhode,
- M. Richman,
- B. Riedel,
- S. Robertson,
- M. Rongen,
- C. Rott,
- T. Ruhe,
- D. Ryckbosch,
- D. Rysewyk,
- L. Sabbatini,
- S. E. Sanchez Herrera,
- A. Sandrock,
- J. Sandroos,
- S. Sarkar,
- K. Satalecka,
- P. Schlunder,
- T. Schmidt,
- S. Schoenen,
- S. Schöneberg,
- L. Schumacher,
- D. Seckel,
- S. Seunarine,
- D. Soldin,
- M. Song,
- G. M. Spiczak,
- C. Spiering,
- T. Stanev,
- A. Stasik,
- J. Stettner,
- A. Steuer,
- T. Stezelberger,
- R. G. Stokstad,
- A. Stößl,
- R. Ström,
- N. L. Strotjohann,
- G. W. Sullivan,
- M. Sutherland,
- H. Taavola,
- I. Taboada,
- J. Tatar,
- F. Tenholt,
- S. Ter-Antonyan,
- A. Terliuk,
- G. Tešić,
- S. Tilav,
- P. A. Toale,
- M. N. Tobin,
- S. Toscano,
- D. Tosi,
- M. Tselengidou,
- A. Turcati,
- E. Unger,
- M. Usner,
- J. Vandenbroucke,
- N. van Eijndhoven,
- S. Vanheule,
- M. van Rossem,
- J. van Santen,
- M. Vehring,
- M. Voge,
- E. Vogel,
- M. Vraeghe,
- C. Walck,
- A. Wallace,
- M. Wallraff,
- N. Wandkowsky,
- Ch. Weaver,
- M. J. Weiss,
- C. Wendt,
- S. Westerhoff,
- B. J. Whelan,
- S. Wickmann,
- K. Wiebe,
- C. H. Wiebusch,
- L. Wille,
- D. R. Williams,
- L. Wills,
- M. Wolf,
- T. R. Wood,
- E. Woolsey,
- K. Woschnagg,
- D. L. Xu,
- X. W. Xu,
- Y. Xu,
- J. P. Yanez,
- G. Yodh,
- S. Yoshida,
- M. Zoll
Affiliations
- M. G. Aartsen
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
- M. Ackermann
- DESY
- J. Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury
- J. A. Aguilar
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- M. Ahlers
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Ahrens
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- D. Altmann
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- K. Andeen
- Department of Physics, Marquette University
- T. Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- I. Ansseau
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- G. Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- M. Archinger
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Argüelles
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. Auffenberg
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- S. Axani
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- X. Bai
- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- S. W. Barwick
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- V. Baum
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- R. Bay
- Department of Physics, University of California
- J. J. Beatty
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- J. Becker Tjus
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- K.-H. Becker
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- S. BenZvi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- D. Berley
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- E. Bernardini
- DESY
- A. Bernhard
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- D. Z. Besson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- G. Binder
- Department of Physics, University of California
- D. Bindig
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- M. Bissok
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- E. Blaufuss
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- S. Blot
- DESY
- C. Bohm
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- M. Börner
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- F. Bos
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- D. Bose
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- S. Böser
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- O. Botner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- J. Braun
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- L. Brayeur
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- H.-P. Bretz
- DESY
- S. Bron
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- A. Burgman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- T. Carver
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- M. Casier
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- E. Cheung
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- D. Chirkin
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. Christov
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- K. Clark
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- L. Classen
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- S. Coenders
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- G. H. Collin
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. M. Conrad
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- D. F. Cowen
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
- R. Cross
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- M. Day
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. P. A. M. de André
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- C. De Clercq
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- E. del Pino Rosendo
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- H. Dembinski
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- S. De Ridder
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- P. Desiati
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. D. de Vries
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- G. de Wasseige
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- M. de With
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- T. DeYoung
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- J. C. Díaz-Vélez
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- V. di Lorenzo
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- H. Dujmovic
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- J. P. Dumm
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- M. Dunkman
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- B. Eberhardt
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. Ehrhardt
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- B. Eichmann
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- P. Eller
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- S. Euler
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- P. A. Evenson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- S. Fahey
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. R. Fazely
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- J. Feintzeig
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Felde
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- K. Filimonov
- Department of Physics, University of California
- C. Finley
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- S. Flis
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- C.-C. Fösig
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- A. Franckowiak
- DESY
- E. Friedman
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- T. Fuchs
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- T. K. Gaisser
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- J. Gallagher
- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin
- L. Gerhardt
- Department of Physics, University of California
- K. Ghorbani
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- W. Giang
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- L. Gladstone
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Glauch
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- T. Glüsenkamp
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- A. Goldschmidt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- J. G. Gonzalez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- D. Grant
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- Z. Griffith
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- C. Haack
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- A. Hallgren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- F. Halzen
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- E. Hansen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- T. Hansmann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- K. Hanson
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- D. Hebecker
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D. Heereman
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- K. Helbing
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- R. Hellauer
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- S. Hickford
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- J. Hignight
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- G. C. Hill
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
- K. D. Hoffman
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- R. Hoffmann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- K. Hoshina
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- F. Huang
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- M. Huber
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- K. Hultqvist
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- S. In
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- A. Ishihara
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- E. Jacobi
- DESY
- G. S. Japaridze
- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University
- M. Jeong
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- K. Jero
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- B. J. P. Jones
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- W. Kang
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- A. Kappes
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- T. Karg
- DESY
- A. Karle
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- U. Katz
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- M. Kauer
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. Keivani
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- J. L. Kelley
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. Kheirandish
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Kim
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- M. Kim
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- T. Kintscher
- DESY
- J. Kiryluk
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- T. Kittler
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- S. R. Klein
- Department of Physics, University of California
- G. Kohnen
- Université de Mons
- R. Koirala
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- H. Kolanoski
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- R. Konietz
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- L. Köpke
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Kopper
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- S. Kopper
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- D. J. Koskinen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- M. Kowalski
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- K. Krings
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- M. Kroll
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- G. Krückl
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Krüger
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Kunnen
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- S. Kunwar
- DESY
- N. Kurahashi
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- T. Kuwabara
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- M. Labare
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- J. L. Lanfranchi
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- M. J. Larson
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- F. Lauber
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- D. Lennarz
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- M. Lesiak-Bzdak
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- M. Leuermann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- L. Lu
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- J. Lünemann
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- J. Madsen
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- G. Maggi
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- K. B. M. Mahn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- S. Mancina
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Mandelartz
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- R. Maruyama
- Department of Physics, Yale University
- K. Mase
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- R. Maunu
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- F. McNally
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. Meagher
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- M. Medici
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- M. Meier
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- A. Meli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- T. Menne
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- G. Merino
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Meures
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- S. Miarecki
- Department of Physics, University of California
- T. Montaruli
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- M. Moulai
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- R. Nahnhauer
- DESY
- U. Naumann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- G. Neer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- H. Niederhausen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- S. C. Nowicki
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- D. R. Nygren
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- A. Obertacke Pollmann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- A. Olivas
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- A. O’Murchadha
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- T. Palczewski
- Department of Physics, University of California
- H. Pandya
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- D. V. Pankova
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- P. Peiffer
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- Ö. Penek
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- J. A. Pepper
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- C. Pérez de los Heros
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- D. Pieloth
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- E. Pinat
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- P. B. Price
- Department of Physics, University of California
- G. T. Przybylski
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- M. Quinnan
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- C. Raab
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- L. Rädel
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- M. Rameez
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- K. Rawlins
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alaska Anchorage
- R. Reimann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- B. Relethford
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- M. Relich
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- E. Resconi
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- W. Rhode
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- M. Richman
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- B. Riedel
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- S. Robertson
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
- M. Rongen
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- C. Rott
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- T. Ruhe
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- D. Ryckbosch
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- D. Rysewyk
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- L. Sabbatini
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. E. Sanchez Herrera
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- A. Sandrock
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- J. Sandroos
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- S. Sarkar
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- K. Satalecka
- DESY
- P. Schlunder
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- T. Schmidt
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- S. Schoenen
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- S. Schöneberg
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- L. Schumacher
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- D. Seckel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- S. Seunarine
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- D. Soldin
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- M. Song
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- G. M. Spiczak
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- C. Spiering
- DESY
- T. Stanev
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- A. Stasik
- DESY
- J. Stettner
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- A. Steuer
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. Stezelberger
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- R. G. Stokstad
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- A. Stößl
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- R. Ström
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- N. L. Strotjohann
- DESY
- G. W. Sullivan
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- M. Sutherland
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- H. Taavola
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- I. Taboada
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- J. Tatar
- Department of Physics, University of California
- F. Tenholt
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- S. Ter-Antonyan
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- A. Terliuk
- DESY
- G. Tešić
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- S. Tilav
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
- P. A. Toale
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- M. N. Tobin
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. Toscano
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- D. Tosi
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Tselengidou
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- A. Turcati
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- E. Unger
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- M. Usner
- DESY
- J. Vandenbroucke
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- N. van Eijndhoven
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- S. Vanheule
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- M. van Rossem
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. van Santen
- DESY
- M. Vehring
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- M. Voge
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn
- E. Vogel
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- M. Vraeghe
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- C. Walck
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- A. Wallace
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
- M. Wallraff
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- N. Wandkowsky
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- Ch. Weaver
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- M. J. Weiss
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- C. Wendt
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. Westerhoff
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- B. J. Whelan
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
- S. Wickmann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- K. Wiebe
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. H. Wiebusch
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- L. Wille
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- D. R. Williams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- L. Wills
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- M. Wolf
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- T. R. Wood
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- E. Woolsey
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- K. Woschnagg
- Department of Physics, University of California
- D. L. Xu
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- X. W. Xu
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- Y. Xu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- J. P. Yanez
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- G. Yodh
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- S. Yoshida
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- M. Zoll
- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4689-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 77,
no. 3
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Abstract We present results from an analysis looking for dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the IceCube neutrino telescope. Gravitationally trapped dark matter in the Sun’s core can annihilate into Standard Model particles making the Sun a source of GeV neutrinos. IceCube is able to detect neutrinos with energies >100 GeV while its low-energy infill array DeepCore extends this to >10 GeV. This analysis uses data gathered in the austral winters between May 2011 and May 2014, corresponding to 532 days of livetime when the Sun, being below the horizon, is a source of up-going neutrino events, easiest to discriminate against the dominant background of atmospheric muons. The sensitivity is a factor of two to four better than previous searches due to additional statistics and improved analysis methods involving better background rejection and reconstructions. The resultant upper limits on the spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering cross section reach down to $$1.46\times 10^{-5}$$ 1.46×10-5 pb for a dark matter particle of mass 500 GeV annihilating exclusively into $$\tau ^{+}\tau ^{-}$$ τ+τ- particles. These are currently the most stringent limits on the spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering cross section for WIMP masses above 50 GeV.
