Neutrino telescopes' sensitivity to dark matter

Journal Article · Tue May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.125006· OSTI ID:893512

Albuquerque, I F.M.; Lamoureux, J; Smoot, G F

The nature of the dark matter of the Universe is yet unknown and most likely is connected with new physics. The search for its composition is underway through direct and indirect detection. Fundamental physical aspects such as energy threshold, geometry and location are taken into account to investigate proposed neutrino telescopes of km3 volume sensitivities to dark matter. These sensitivities are just sufficient to test a few weakly interacting massive particle scenarios. Telescopes of km3 volume, such as IceCube, can definitely discover or exclude superheavy (M>1010 GeV) strong interacting massive particles (simpzillas). Smaller neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES, AMANDA-II and NESTOR can probe a large region of simpzilla parameter space.

• Research Organization: COLLABORATION - UCBerkeley
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 893512
• Report Number(s): LBNL--61780
• Journal Information: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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