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A Search for Neutrinos from Decaying Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters and Galaxies with IceCube

  • The IceCube Collaboration
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • University of Canterbury
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Niels Bohr Institutet
  • Oskar Klein Centre
  • University of Geneva
  • Humanoid Technologies Lab (H2T)
  • University of Delaware
  • Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Marquette University
  • Eberly College of Science
  • Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Ohio State University
  • Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  • Max-Planck-lnstitut für Kohlenforschung
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Padova
  • University of Kansas
  • National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Johannes Gutenberg University
  • Uppsala University
  • University of Adelaide
  • University of Münster
  • Drexel University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Michigan State University
  • Queen's University
  • VUB Neurology
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • Ghent University
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Alberta
  • Chiba-U
  • pro3dure medical GmbH
  • University of Tokyo
  • Clark-Atlanta University
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • SUNY
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • Yale University
  • Mercer University at Macon
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • University of Utah
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls

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Abstract

The observed dark matter abundance in the Universe can be explained with non-thermal, heavy dark matter models. In order for dark matter to still be present today, its lifetime has to far exceed the age of the Universe. In these scenarios, dark matter decay can produce highly energetic neutrinos, along with other Standard Model particles. To date, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is the world’s largest neutrino telescope, located at the geographic South Pole. In 2013, the IceCube collaboration reported the first observation of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. Since then, IceCube has collected a large amount of astrophysical neutrino data with energies up to tens of PeV, allowing us to probe the heavy dark matter models using neutrinos. We search the IceCube data for neutrinos from decaying dark matter in galaxy clusters and galaxies. The targeted dark matter masses range from 10 TeV to 10 PeV. In this contribution, we present the method and sensitivities of the analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number506
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
StatePublished - 18 Mar 2022
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202123 Jul 2021

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