Limits to the muon flux from WIMP annihilation in the center of the Earth with the AMANDA detector

J. Ahrens, E. Andrés, X. Bai, G. Barouch, S. W. Barwick, R. C. Bay, T. Becka, K. H. Becker, D. Bertrand, A. Biron, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, S. Carius, A. Chen, D. Chirkin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, C. G.S. Costa, D. F. Cowen, E. DalbergC. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, J. P. Dewulf, P. Doksus, J. Edsjö, P. Ekström, T. Feser, T. K. Gaisser, M. Gaug, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, A. Goobar, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, R. Hardtke, T. Hauschildt, M. Hellwig, G. C. Hill, P. O. Hulth, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, A. Karle, J. Kim, B. Koci, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, J. I. Lamoureux, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, P. Lindahl, P. Loaiza, D. M. Lowder, J. Ludvig, J. Madsen, P. Marciniewski, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, T. C. Miller, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, P. C. Mock, R. Morse, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ogelman, Ph Olbrechts, C. Pérez De Los Heros, A. Pohl, R. Porrata, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, P. Romenesko, D. Ross, H. G. Sander, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, E. Schneider, R. Schwarz, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R. G. Stokstad, O. Streicher, P. Sudhoff, K. H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, L. Thollander, T. Thon

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Abstract

A search for nearly vertical up-going muon-neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the center of the Earth has been performed with the AMANDA-B10 neutrino detector. The data collected in 130.1 days of live time in 1997, ∼109 events, have been analyzed for this search. No excess over the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been observed. An upper limit at 90% confidence level has been obtained on the annihilation rate of neutralinos in the center of the Earth, as well as the corresponding muon flux limit, both as a function of the neutralino mass in the range 100 GeV-5000 GeV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number032006
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume66
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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