Published September 1, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Results of dark matter searches with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

  • 1. IFIC -University of Valencia - CSIC, c/ Catedrático Beltrán, 2, Paterna, Valencia (Spain)
  • 2. IFIC - University of Valencia - CSIC, c/ Catedrático Beltrán, 2, Paterna, Valencia (Spain)

Description

Neutrino telescopes have a wide scientific scope. One of their main goals is the detection of dark matter, for which they have specific advantages. Neutrino telescopes offer the possibility of looking at several kinds of sources, not all of them available to other indirect searches. In this work we provide an overview of the results obtained by the ANTARES neutrino telescope, which has been taking data for almost ten years. One of the most interesting ones is the Sun, since a detection of high energy neutrinos from it would be a very clean indication of dark matter, given that no significant astrophysical backgrounds are expected, contrary to other indirect searches. Moreover, the limits from neutrino telescopes for spin-dependent cross section are the most restrictive ones. Another interesting source is the Galactic Centre, for which ANTARES has a better visibility than IceCube, due to its geographical location. This search gives limits on the annihilation cross section. Other dark matter searches carried out in ANTARES include the Earth and dwarf galaxies. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012206

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
888
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596