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 from 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 The American Physical Society.

Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.C., et al. (1999). Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 60(8), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevD.60.082002].

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

Giacomelli G.;Margiotta Neri A.;Sioli M.;Spurio M.;Ugolotti D.;
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 from 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 The American Physical Society.
1999
Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.C., et al. (1999). Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 60(8), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevD.60.082002].
Ambrosio, M.; Antolini, R.; Aramo, C.; Auriemma, G.; Baldini, A.; Barbarino, G. C.; Barish, B. C.; Battistoni, G.; Bellotti, R.; Bemporad, C.; Bernard...espandi
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