High-energy neutrino signatures of dark matter

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.016006· OSTI ID:21409008

Buckley, Matthew R ^[1]; Spolyar, Douglas ^[2]; Freese, Katherine ^[3]; Hooper, Dan ^[2]; Murayama, Hitoshi ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
2. Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
3. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
4. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

It has been suggested that the excesses of high-energy cosmic ray electrons and positrons seen by PAMELA and the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope are evidence of dark matter annihilation or decay in the Galactic halo. To accommodate these signals however, the final states must be predominantly muons or taus. These leptonic final states will produce neutrinos, which are potentially detectable with the IceCube neutrino observatory. We find that with five years of data, IceCube (supplemented by DeepCore) can significantly constrain the relevant parameter space for both annihilating or decaying dark matter, and may be capable of discovering leptophilic dark matter in the halo of the Milky Way.

• OSTI ID: 21409008
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 81; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTIPARTICLES
COSMIC ELECTRONS
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COSMIC RADIATION
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
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GALAXIES
GAMMA RADIATION
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IONIZING RADIATIONS
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MILKY WAY
MUONS
NEUTRINOS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
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PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
POSITRONS
RADIATIONS
SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
SPACE