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Update on decaying and annihilating heavy dark matter with the 6-year IceCube HESE data

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Autor(es):
Bhattacharya, Atri ; Esmaili, Arman ; Palomares-Ruiz, Sergio ; Sarcevic, Ina
Número total de Autores: 4
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics; v. N/A, n. 5, p. 30-pg., 2019-05-01.
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In view of the IceCube's 6-year high-energy starting events (HESE) sample, we revisit the possibility that the updated data may be better explained by a combination of neutrino fluxes from dark matter decay and an isotropic astrophysical power-law than purely by the latter. We find that the combined two-component flux qualitatively improves the fit to the observed data over a purely astrophysical one, and discuss how these updated fits compare against a similar analysis done with the 4-year HESE data. We also update fits involving dark matter decay via multiple channels, without any contribution from the astrophysical flux. We find that a DM-only explanation is not excluded by neutrino data alone. Finally, we also consider the possibility of a signal from dark matter annihilations and perform analogous analyses to the case of decays, commenting on its implications. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 09/54213-0 - EMU: atualização do cluster de alto desempenho do Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin
Beneficiário:Maurice de Koning
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Equipamentos Multiusuários