We perform an indirect search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the MACRO detector to look for neutrino-induced upward-going muons resulting from the annihilation of WIMPs trapped in the Sun and Earth. The search is conducted in various angular cones centered on the Sun and Earth to accommodate a range of WIMP masses. No significant excess over the background from atmospheric neutrinos is seen. We set experimental flux limits on the upward-going muon fluxes the Sun and the Earth. These limits are used to constrain neutralino particle parameters from supersymmetric theory, including those suggested by recent results from DAMA-NaI

Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector / Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., Battistoni, G., Bellotti, R., Bemporad, C., Bernardini, E., Bernardini, P., Bilokon, H., Bisi, V., Bloise, C., Bower, C., Bussino, S., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, R., Campana, D., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 0556-2821. - STAMPA. - 60:8(1999). [10.1103/PhysRevD.60.032002]

Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector

Castellano M;Favuzzi C;Giglietto N;
1999

Abstract

We perform an indirect search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the MACRO detector to look for neutrino-induced upward-going muons resulting from the annihilation of WIMPs trapped in the Sun and Earth. The search is conducted in various angular cones centered on the Sun and Earth to accommodate a range of WIMP masses. No significant excess over the background from atmospheric neutrinos is seen. We set experimental flux limits on the upward-going muon fluxes the Sun and the Earth. These limits are used to constrain neutralino particle parameters from supersymmetric theory, including those suggested by recent results from DAMA-NaI
1999
Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector / Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., Battistoni, G., Bellotti, R., Bemporad, C., Bernardini, E., Bernardini, P., Bilokon, H., Bisi, V., Bloise, C., Bower, C., Bussino, S., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, R., Campana, D., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 0556-2821. - STAMPA. - 60:8(1999). [10.1103/PhysRevD.60.032002]
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