A Search for Neutrinos from Decaying Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters and Galaxies with IceCube

The IceCube Collaboration

A Search for Neutrinos from Decaying Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters and Galaxies with IceCube

The IceCube Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

Loyola University Chicago
German Electron Synchrotron
University of Canterbury
Université libre de Bruxelles
University of Copenhagen
Oskar Klein Centre
University of Geneva
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
Harvard University
Marquette University
Pennsylvania State University
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
University of California at Irvine
University of California at Berkeley
Ohio State University
University of Wuppertal
Ruhr University Bochum
Technical University of Munich
University of Rochester
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Padua
University of Kansas
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
RWTH Aachen University
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Uppsala University

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Abstract

The observed dark matter abundance in the Universe can be explained with non-thermal, heavy dark matter models. In order for dark matter to still be present today, its lifetime has to far exceed the age of the Universe. In these scenarios, dark matter decay can produce highly energetic neutrinos, along with other Standard Model particles. To date, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is the world’s largest neutrino telescope, located at the geographic South Pole. In 2013, the IceCube collaboration reported the first observation of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. Since then, IceCube has collected a large amount of astrophysical neutrino data with energies up to tens of PeV, allowing us to probe the heavy dark matter models using neutrinos. We search the IceCube data for neutrinos from decaying dark matter in galaxy clusters and galaxies. The targeted dark matter masses range from 10 TeV to 10 PeV. In this contribution, we present the method and sensitivities of the analysis.

Original language	English
Article number	506
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
State	Published - Mar 18 2022
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 23 2021

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A Search for Neutrinos from Decaying Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters and Galaxies with IceCube

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