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

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% confide...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Astroparticle physics 2006-09, Vol.26 (2), p.129-139
Hauptverfasser:	Adams, J., Ahrens, J., Atlee, D.W., Bahcall, J.N., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Beattie, K., Becka, T., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Blaufuss, E., Bohm, C., Botner, O., Bouchta, A., Bouhali, O., Braun, J., Burgess, T., D’Agostino, M.V., Day, C.T., De Clercq, C., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Duvoort, M.R., Edwards, W.R., Ehrlich, R., Ellsworth, R.W., Gaisser, T.K., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Goldschmidt, A., Gozzini, R., Greene, M.G., Gurtner, M., Hanson, K., Hardtke, D., Hauschildt, T., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Hill, G.C., Hubert, D., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hundertmark, S., Hülß, J.-P., Klepser, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Krasberg, M., Landsman, H., Leich, H., Madsen, J., Marciniewski, P., Mase, K., Miočinović, P., Mokhtarani, A., Morey, A., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Olbrechts, Ph, Patton, S., Pérez de los Heros, C., Piegsa, A., Porrata, R., Pretz, J., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Razzaque, S., Refflinghaus, F., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Rizzo, A., Rodrı´guez Martino, J., Rott, C., Sander, H.-G., Seo, S.H., Smith, A.J., Solarz, M., Song, C., Sopher, J.E., Stanev, T., Stoufer, M.C., Sumner, T.J., Taboada, I., Toale, P.A., Turčan, D., Voigt, B., Wagner, W., Waldmann, H., Walter, M., Wiebusch, C.H., Wikström, G., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zornoza, J.D.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMANDA Astronomi och astrofysik Astronomy and astrophysics Astroparticle physics Astropartikelfysik Dark matter Fysik IceCube NATURAL SCIENCES NATURVETENSKAP Neutralino Neutrino telescopes Physics
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0927-6505 1873-2852 1873-2852
DOI:	10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.05.007