Limits on dark matter proton scattering from neutrino telescopes using micrOMEGAs

Journal Article · Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/036· OSTI ID:22458415

Bélanger, G. ^[1]; Silva, J. Da ^[2]; Perrillat-Bottonet, T. ^[1]; Pukhov, A. ^[3]

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1. LAPTH, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS,B.P.110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex (France)
2. Consortium for Fundamental Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy,University of Manchester,Manchester, M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
3. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University,Moscow 119992 (Russian Federation)

Limits on dark matter spin dependent elastic scattering cross section on protons derived from IceCube data are obtained for different dark matter annihilation channels using micrOMEGAs. The uncertainty on the derived limits, estimated by using different neutrino spectra, can reach a factor two. For all dark matter annihilation channels except for quarks, the limits on the spin dependent cross section are more stringent than those obtained in direct detection experiments. The new functions that allow to derive those limits are described.

• Sponsoring Organization: SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
• OSTI ID: 22458415
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2015, Issue 12; Other Information: PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP12(2015)036; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:13100; Article funded by SCOAP3. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANNIHILATION
CROSS SECTIONS
DETECTION
ELASTIC SCATTERING
NEUTRINOS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PROTONS
QUARKS
SPIN
TELESCOPES