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Limits on the muon flux from neutralino annihilations at the center of the Earth with AMANDA

  • A. Achterberg
  • , M. Ackermann
  • , J. Adams
  • , J. Ahrens
  • , K. Andeen
  • , D. W. Atlee
  • , J. N. Bahcall
  • , X. Bai
  • , B. Baret
  • , M. Bartelt
  • , S. W. Barwick
  • , R. Bay
  • , K. Beattie
  • , T. Becka
  • , J. K. Becker
  • , K. H. Becker
  • , P. Berghaus
  • , D. Berley
  • , E. Bernardini
  • , D. Bertrand
  • D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, O. Bouhali, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, J. Clem, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D'Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, P. Desiati, T. DeYoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, P. Ekström, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feser, K. Filimonov, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, M. G. Greene, S. Grullon, A. Groß, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, J. E. Hart, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. P. Hülß, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, M. Kestel, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Landsman, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, P. Marciniewski, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. McCauley, C. P. McParland, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, H. Miyamoto, A. Mokhtarani, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, T. Neunhöffer, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph Olbrechts, A. Olivas, S. Patton, C. Peña-Garay, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, F. Refflinghaus, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, J. Rodríguez Martino, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, H. G. Sander, S. Schlenstedt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, D. Seckel, S. H. Seo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, P. Steffen, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, K. H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck*, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y. R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, J. D. Zornoza
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Division of High Energy Physics
  • Uppsala University
  • Dept. of Physics
  • University of Wuppertal
  • Chiba University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Department of Astronomy
  • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Delaware
  • Universite de Mons
  • Science Faculty CP230
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Department of Physics
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Depatment of Physics
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • Department of Physics
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Utrecht University
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Canterbury
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of California at Irvine
  • Physics Department
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • Institute of Physics
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Department of Physics
  • Stockholm University
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • Imperial College London
  • Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Kansas

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Abstract

A search has been performed for nearly vertically upgoing neutrino-induced muons with the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), using data taken over the three year period 1997-99. No excess above the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been found. Upper limits at 90% confidence level have been set on the annihilation rate of neutralinos at the center of the Earth, as well as on the muon flux at AMANDA induced by neutrinos created by the annihilation products.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-139
Number of pages11
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AMANDA
  • Dark matter
  • IceCube
  • Neutralino
  • Neutrino telescopes

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