Published June 2000 | Version v1
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Neutrino astronomy and search for WIMPs with MACRO

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Upward-going muons, induced primarily by atmospheric neutrinos, are used to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origin. No evidence has been found looking at the event direction and flux limits are obtained on candidate sources. A space-time correlation between gamma ray bursts and upward-going muons has been also investigated. Furthermore the search for a neutrino signal from the Earth and the Sun induced by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) has been updated. The number of events from the Sun and from the Earth is compatible with the background from atmospheric neutrinos. Therefore flux limits for different search cones have been estimated. Here we concentrate on neutralinos as WIMP candidates and limits depending on the neutralino mass are given and compared with the prediction of supersymmetric models

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S0920563200006472;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
87
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 108-110
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
6. international workshop on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
Dates
6-10 Sep 1999
Place
Paris (France)

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Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.