Neutrino astronomy and search for WIMPs with MACRO
Creators
Description
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
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0920563200006472;
Publishing Information
- 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)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34062334
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CORRELATIONS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC MUONS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RADIATION; FORECASTING; MASS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RADIATION FLUX; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; SPACE-TIME; SUPERSYMMETRY; WEAK INTERACTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MUONS; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.