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Nuclear Spin in Direct Dark Matter Search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the main candidates for the relic dark matter (DM). The idea of the direct DM detection relies on elastic in-dependent (SD) and spin-independent (SI) interaction of WIMPs with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Bednyakov , F. Simkovic , I. V. Titkova

CMB Constraints On The Thermal WIMP Mass And Annihilation Cross Section

A thermal relic, often referred to as a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP), is a particle produced during the early evolution of the Universe whose present (relic) abundance depends only on its mass and its thermally averaged…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Gary Steigman

Searching for dark-matter induced neutrino signals in dwarf spheroidal galaxies using 10 years of IceCube public data

This study searches for neutrino signals from 18 dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) using 10 years of publicly available muon-track data of the IceCube neutrino observatory. We apply an unbinned likelihood analysis on each of these dSphs to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-16 Xue-Kang Guo , Yi-Fei Lü , Yong-Bo Huang , Rong-Lan Li , Ben-Yang Zhu , Yun-Feng Liang

Status of direct searches for WIMP dark matter

Astrophysical observations indicate that about 23% of the energy density of the universe is in the form of non-baryonic particles beyond the standard model of particle physics. One exciting and well motivated candidate is the lightest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Richard W. Schnee

Indirect Searches for Secluded Dark Matter

Dark matter is one of the most important open problems in particle physics and cosmology. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) appear as an appealing solution, providing the right relic density with a cross-section at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-04 C. Siqueira , Guilherme N. Fortes , Aion Viana , Farinaldo Queiroz

Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the IceCube 22-string detector

A search for muon neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the IceCube 22-string neutrino detector using data collected in 104.3 days of live-time in 2007. No excess over the expected atmospheric background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-19 IceCube collaboration , R. Abbasi

Particle Dark Matter

Several ideas for new physics beyond the standard model may provide particle candidates for the dark matter in the Galactic halo. The two leading candidates are an axion and a weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP), such as the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 Marc Kamionkowski

Light weakly interacting massive particles

Light WIMPs are dark matter particle candidates with weak scale interaction with the known particles, and mass in the GeV to 10's of GeV range. Hints of light WIMPs have appeared in several dark matter searches in the last decade. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-13 Graciela B. Gelmini

Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade, an extension designed to enhance the IceCube Neutrino Observatory's detection of neutrinos with energies between 1 GeV and 500 GeV, will markedly improve IceCube's sensitivity to low-mass dark matter scenarios. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-08 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , S. Ali , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , S. W. Barwick , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , P. Behrens , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , S. Benkel , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , R. T. Burley , D. Butterfield , K. Carloni , J. Carpio , N. Chau , Y. C. Chen , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , A. Chubarov , B. A. Clark , G. H. Collin , D. A. Coloma Borja , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , D. F. Cowen , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , T. Delmeulle , S. Deng , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , S. DiKerby , T. Ding , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , L. Draper , L. Dueser , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , C. Eldridge , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , S. Eulig , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , C. Finley , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , M. Garcia , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , S. Griffin , K. M. Groth , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Ha , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , B. Henke , L. Hennig , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , R. Hewett , N. Heyer , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , R. Hmaid , K. D. Hoffman , A. Hollnagel , D. Hooper , S. Hori , K. Hoshina , M. Hostert , W. Hou , M. Hrywniak , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , K. Hymon , A. Ishihara , W. Iwakiri , M. Jacquart , S. Jain , O. Janik , M. Jansson , M. Jin , N. Kamp , D. Kang , W. Kang , A. Kappes , L. Kardum , T. Karg , A. Karle , A. Katil , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , M. Khanal , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , T. Kim , H. Kimku , F. Kirchner , J. Kiryluk , C. Klein , S. R. Klein , Y. Kobayashi , S. Koch , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , A. Kravka , N. Krieger , T. Krishnan , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , C. Lagunas Gualda , L. Lallement Arnaud , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , C. Li , J. Liao , C. Lin , Q. R. Liu , Y. T. Liu , M. Liubarska , C. Love , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , M. Macdonald , E. Magnus , Y. Makino , E. Manao , S. Mancina , A. Mand , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , L. Marten , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , J. Mauro , F. Mayhew , F. McNally , K. Meagher , A. Medina , M. Meier , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , J. Mitchell , L. Molchany , S. Mondal , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , A. Mosbrugger , D. Mousadi , E. Moyaux , T. Mukherjee , M. Nakos , U. Naumann , L. Neste , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , K. Noda , A. Noell , A. Novikov , A. Obertacke , V. O'Dell , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , B. Owens , V. Palusova , H. Pandya , A. Parenti , N. Park , V. Parrish , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. Pernice , T. C. Petersen , J. Peterson , S. Pick , M. Plum , A. Pontén , V. Poojyam , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , L. Pyras , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , N. Rad , M. Ravn , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , I. Reistroffer , E. Resconi , C. D. Rho , W. Rhode , L. Ricca , B. Riedel , A. Rifaie , E. J. Roberts , S. Rodan , M. Rongen , A. Rosted , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , A. Sandrock , G. Sanger-Johnson , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , M. Scarnera , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , L. Schlickmann , B. Schlüter , F. Schlüter , N. Schmeisser , T. Schmidt , A. Scholz , F. G. Schröder , S. Schwirn , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , L. Seen , M. Seikh , S. Seunarine , P. A. Sevle Myhr , R. Shah , S. Shah , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , B. Skrzypek , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , P. Soldin , G. Sommani , D. Song , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , A. Thakuri , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , J. A. Torres , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Valverde , J. Vandenbroucke , T. Van Eeden , N. van Eijndhoven , L. Van Rootselaar , J. van Santen , J. Vara , F. Varsi , M. Venugopal , M. Vereecken , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , A. Vijai , J. Villarreal , C. Walck , A. Wang , E. H. S. Warrick , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , L. Witthaus , G. Wrede , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , Y. Yao , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , S. Yun-Cárcamo , A. Zander Jurowitzki , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , P. Zilberman , C. Zilleruelo Cañas

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 DS Akerib , PD Barnes , DA Bauer , PL Brink , B Cabrera , DO Caldwell , RM Clarke , A Da Silva , AK Davies , BL Dougherty , KD Irwin , RJ Gaitskell , SR Golwala , EE Haller , J Jochum , WB Knowlton , V Kuzminov , SW Nam , V Novikov , MJ Penn , TA Perera , RR Ross , B Sadoulet , RW Schnee , T Shutt , A Smith , AH Sonnenschein , AL Spadafora , WK Stockwell , S Yellin , BA Young

Dark matter search by exclusive studies of X-rays following WIMPs nuclear interactions

It is shown that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are possible cold dark matter candidates, can be studied by exclusive measurements of X-rays following WIMPs nuclear interactions. Inner-shell atomic electrons are ionized…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Ejiri , Ch. C. Moustakidis , J. D. Vergados

Determining the dark matter mass with DeepCore

Cosmological and astrophysical observations provide increasing evidence of the existence of dark matter in our Universe. Dark matter particles with a mass above a few GeV can be captured by the Sun, accumulate in the core, annihilate, and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-25 Chitta R. Das , Olga Mena , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz , Silvia Pascoli

A lower limit on the dark particle mass from dSphs

We use dwarf spheroidal galaxies as a tool to attempt to put precise lower limits on the mass of the dark matter particle, assuming it is a sterile neutrino. We begin by making cored dark halo fits to the line of sight velocity dispersions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-13 Garry W. Angus

Combined searches for dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies observed with the MAGIC telescopes, including new data from Coma Berenices and Draco

Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are among the best candidates to search for signals of dark matter annihilation with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, given their high mass-to-light ratios and the fact that they are free…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-01 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , H. Bökenkamp , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , I. Jiménez , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , M. Persic , M. Pihet , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , D. Zarić

Vector WIMP Miracle

Weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) is well known to be a good candidate for dark matter, and it is also predicted by many new physics models beyond the standard model at the TeV scale. We found that, if the WIMP is a vector particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Tomohiro Abe , Mitsuru Kakizaki , Shigeki Matsumoto , Osamu Seto

An Indirect Search for WIMPs with Super-Kamiokande

A potential source of high energy neutrinos is the annihilation of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) collecting in gravitational potential wells such as the centers of the Earth, the Sun, or the Galaxy. A search for such a WIMP…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Habig

MeV Dark Matter and Small Scale Structure

WIMPs with electroweak scale masses (neutralinos, etc.) remain in kinetic equilibrium with other particle species until temperatures approximately in the range of 10 MeV to 1 GeV, leading to the formation of dark matter substructure with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dan Hooper , Manoj Kaplinghat , Louis E. Strigari , Kathryn M. Zurek

Dark Matter annihilations in Pop III stars

We study the impact of the capture and annihilation of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on the evolution of Pop III stars. With a suitable modification of the Geneva stellar evolution code, we study the evolution of 20 and 200…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-15 Marco Taoso , Gianfranco Bertone , Georges Meynet , Sylvia Ekstrom

Stringent constraint on the radio signal from dark matter annihilation in dwarf spheroidal galaxies using the TGSS

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are considered to be one of the favoured dark matter candidates. Searching for any detectable signal due to the annihilation and decay of WIMPs over the entire electromagnetic spectrum has become…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Arghyadeep Basu , Nirupam Roy , Samir Choudhuri , Kanan K. Datta , Debajyoti Sarkar

Dark Matter searches using gravitational wave bar detectors: quark nuggets and newtorites

Many experiments have searched for supersymmetric WIMP dark matter, with null results. This may suggest to look for more exotic possibilities, for example compact ultra-dense quark nuggets, widely discussed in literature with several…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-29 M. Bassan , E. Coccia , S. D'Antonio , V. Fafone , G. Giordano , A. Marini , Y. Minenkov , I. Modena , G. V. Pallottino , G. Pizzella , A. Rocchi , F. Ronga , M. Visco