Speaker
Mohamed Rameez
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
Description
If Dark Matter consists of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), these might be gravitationally captured in the Sun where they could self-annihilate into standard model particles. Terrestrial neutrino detectors such as IceCube can observe this as an enhanced neutrino flux in the direction of the Sun. Sensitivity has improved with respect to previous searches due to better analysis methods and reconstructions. In addition, improved veto techniques using the outer layers of the cubic kilometre array have been used to reduce the atmospheric muon background and thus improve sensitivity during the Austral Summer. We will present results from an analysis of 341 days of livetime of IceCube-DeepCore in the 86 string configuration.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 159 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | IceCube |
Author
Mohamed Rameez
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
Co-authors
Dr
Sofia Vallecorsa
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
Teresa Montaruli
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
