Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

M.G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J.A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; G. Anton; M. Archinger; C. Arguelles; T.C. Arlen; J. Auffenberg; X. Bai; S.W. Barwick; V. Baum; R. Bay; J.J. Beatty; J. Becker Tjus; K.-H. Becker; E. Beiser; S. BenZvi; P. Berghaus; D. Berley; E. Bernardini; A. Bernhard; D.Z. Besson; G. Binder; D. Bindig; M. Bissok; E. Blaufuss; J. Blumenthal; D.J. Boersma; C. Bohm; M. Börner; F. Bos; D. Bose; S. Böser; O. Botner; J. Braun; L. Brayeur; H.-P. Bretz; N. Buzinsky; J. Casey; M. Casier; E. Cheung; D. Chirkin; A. Christov; K. Clark; L. Classen; S. Coenders; G.H. Collin; J.M. Conrad; D.F. Cowen; A.H. Cruz Silva; M. Danninger; J. Daughhetee; J.C. Davis; M. Day; J.P.A.M. de André; C. De Clercq; E. del Pino Rosendo; H. Dembinski; S. De Ridder; P. Desiati; K. D. de Vries; G. de Wasseige; M. de With; T. DeYoung; J.C. Díaz-Vélez; V. di Lorenzo; J.P. Dumm; M. Dunkman; B. Eberhardt; J. Edsjö; T. Ehrhardt; B. Eichmann; S. Euler; P.A. Evenson; S. Fahey; A.R. Fazely; J. Feintzeig; J. Felde; K. Filimonov; C. Finley; S. Flis; C.-C. Fösig; T. Fuchs; T.K. Gaisser; R. Gaior; J. Gallagher; L. Gerhardt; K. Ghorbani; D. Gier; L. Gladstone; M. Glagla; T. Glüsenkamp; A. Goldschmidt; G. Golup; J.G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; A. Groß; C. Ha; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G.C. Hill; K.D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; W. Huelsnitz; P.O. Hulth; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A. Ishihara; E. Jacobi; G.S. Japaridze; M. Jeong; K. Jero; B.J.P. Jones; M. Jurkovic; A. Kappes; T. Karg; A. Karle; U. Katz; M. Kauer; A. Keivani; J.L. Kelley; J. Kemp; A. Kheirandish; J. Kiryluk; S.R. Klein; G. Kohnen; R. Koirala; H. Kolanoski; R. Konietz; L. Köpke; C. Kopper; S. Kopper; D.J. Koskinen; M. Kowalski; K. Krings; G. Kroll; M. Kroll; G. Krückl; J. Kunnen; N. Kurahashi; T. Kuwabara; M. Labare; J.L. Lanfranchi; M.J. Larson; M. Lesiak-Bzdak; M. Leuermann; J. Leuner; L. Lu; J. Lünemann; J. Madsen; G. Maggi; K.B.M. Mahn; M. Mandelartz; R. Maruyama; K. Mase; H.S. Matis; R. Maunu; F. McNally; K. Meagher; M. Medici; M. Meier; A. Meli; T. Menne; G. Merino; T. Meures; S. Miarecki; E. Middell; L. Mohrmann; T. Montaruli; R. Morse; R. Nahnhauer; U. Naumann; G. Neer; H. Niederhausen; S.C. Nowicki; D.R. Nygren; A. Obertacke Pollmann; A. Olivas; A. Omairat; A. O'Murchadha; T. Palczewski; H. Pandya; D.V. Pankova; L. Paul; J.A. Pepper; C. Pérez de los Heros; C. Pfendner; D. Pieloth; E. Pinat; J. Posselt; P.B. Price; G.T. Przybylski; M. Quinnan; C. Raab; L. Rädel; M. Rameez; K. Rawlins; R. Reimann; M. Relich; E. Resconi; W. Rhode; M. Richman; S. Richter; B. Riedel; S. Robertson; M. Rongen; C. Rott; T. Ruhe; D. Ryckbosch; L. Sabbatini; H.-G. Sander; A. Sandrock; J. Sandroos; S. Sarkar; C. Savage; K. Schatto; M. Schimp; P. Schlunder; T. Schmidt; S. Schoenen; S. Schöneberg; A. Schönwald; L. Schulte; L. Schumacher; P. Scott; D. Seckel; S. Seunarine; H. Silverwood; D. Soldin; M. Song; G.M. Spiczak; C. Spiering; M. Stahlberg; M. Stamatikos; T. Stanev; A. Stasik; A. Steuer; T. Stezelberger; R.G. Stokstad; A. Stößl; R. Ström; N.L. Strotjohann; G.W. Sullivan; M. Sutherland; H. Taavola; I. Taboada; J. Tatar; S. Ter-Antonyan; A. Terliuk; G. Tešić; S. Tilav; P.A. Toale; M.N. Tobin; S. Toscano; D. Tosi; M. Tselengidou; A. Turcati; E. Unger; M. Usner; S. Vallecorsa; J. Vandenbroucke; N. van Eijndhoven; S. Vanheule; J. van Santen; J. Veenkamp; M. Vehring; M. Voge; M. Vraeghe; C. Walck; A. Wallace; M. Wallraff; N. Wandkowsky; Ch. Weaver; C. Wendt; S. Westerhoff; B.J. Whelan; K. Wiebe; C.H. Wiebusch; L. Wille; D.R. Williams; L. Wills; H. Wissing; M. Wolf; T.R. Wood; K. Woschnagg; D.L. Xu; X.W. Xu; Y. Xu; J.P. Yanez; G. Yodh; S. Yoshida; M. Zoll

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Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

M.G. Aartsen², K. Abraham³³, M. Ackermann⁵⁰, J. Adams¹⁶, J.A. Aguilar¹², M. Ahlers³⁰, M. Ahrens⁴⁰, D. Altmann²⁴, T. Anderson⁴⁶, I. Ansseau¹², G. Anton²⁴, M. Archinger³¹, C. Arguelles¹⁴, T.C. Arlen⁴⁶, J. Auffenberg¹, X. Bai³⁸, S.W. Barwick²⁷, V. Baum³¹, R. Bay⁷, J.J. Beatty^18,19, J. Becker Tjus¹⁰, K.-H. Becker⁴⁹, E. Beiser³⁰, S. BenZvi⁴⁷, P. Berghaus⁵⁰, D. Berley¹⁷, E. Bernardini⁵⁰, A. Bernhard³³, D.Z. Besson²⁸, G. Binder^7,8, D. Bindig⁴⁹, M. Bissok¹, E. Blaufuss¹⁷, J. Blumenthal¹, D.J. Boersma⁴⁸, C. Bohm⁴⁰, M. Börner²¹, F. Bos¹⁰, D. Bose⁴², S. Böser³¹, O. Botner⁴⁸, J. Braun³⁰, L. Brayeur¹³, H.-P. Bretz⁵⁰, N. Buzinsky²³, J. Casey⁵, M. Casier¹³, E. Cheung¹⁷, D. Chirkin³⁰, A. Christov²⁵, K. Clark⁴³, L. Classen²⁴, S. Coenders³³, G.H. Collin¹⁴, J.M. Conrad¹⁴, D.F. Cowen^45,46, A.H. Cruz Silva⁵⁰, M. Danninger^40,53,56, J. Daughhetee⁵, J.C. Davis¹⁸, M. Day³⁰, J.P.A.M. de André²², C. De Clercq¹³, E. del Pino Rosendo³¹, H. Dembinski³⁴, S. De Ridder²⁶, P. Desiati³⁰, K. D. de Vries¹³, G. de Wasseige¹³, M. de With⁹, T. DeYoung²², J.C. Díaz-Vélez³⁰, V. di Lorenzo³¹, J.P. Dumm⁴⁰, M. Dunkman⁴⁶, B. Eberhardt³¹, J. Edsjö⁴⁰, T. Ehrhardt³¹, B. Eichmann¹⁰, S. Euler⁴⁸, P.A. Evenson³⁴, S. Fahey³⁰, A.R. Fazely⁶, J. Feintzeig³⁰, J. Felde¹⁷, K. Filimonov⁷, C. Finley⁴⁰, S. Flis⁴⁰, C.-C. Fösig³¹, T. Fuchs²¹, T.K. Gaisser³⁴, R. Gaior¹⁵, J. Gallagher²⁹, L. Gerhardt^7,8, K. Ghorbani³⁰, D. Gier¹, L. Gladstone³⁰, M. Glagla¹, T. Glüsenkamp⁵⁰, A. Goldschmidt⁸, G. Golup¹³, J.G. Gonzalez³⁴, D. Góra⁵⁰, D. Grant²³, Z. Griffith³⁰, A. Groß³³, C. Ha^7,8, C. Haack¹, A. Haj Ismail²⁶, A. Hallgren⁴⁸, F. Halzen³⁰, E. Hansen²⁰, B. Hansmann¹, K. Hanson³⁰, D. Hebecker⁹, D. Heereman¹², K. Helbing⁴⁹, R. Hellauer¹⁷, S. Hickford⁴⁹, J. Hignight²², G.C. Hill², K.D. Hoffman¹⁷, R. Hoffmann⁴⁹, K. Holzapfel³³, A. Homeier¹¹, K. Hoshina^30,51, F. Huang⁴⁶, M. Huber³³, W. Huelsnitz¹⁷, P.O. Hulth⁴⁰, K. Hultqvist⁴⁰, S. In⁴², A. Ishihara¹⁵, E. Jacobi⁵⁰, G.S. Japaridze⁴, M. Jeong⁴², K. Jero³⁰, B.J.P. Jones¹⁴, M. Jurkovic³³, A. Kappes²⁴, T. Karg⁵⁰, A. Karle³⁰, U. Katz²⁴, M. Kauer^30,35, A. Keivani⁴⁶, J.L. Kelley³⁰, J. Kemp¹, A. Kheirandish³⁰, J. Kiryluk⁴¹, S.R. Klein^7,8, G. Kohnen³², R. Koirala³⁴, H. Kolanoski⁹, R. Konietz¹, L. Köpke³¹, C. Kopper²³, S. Kopper⁴⁹, D.J. Koskinen²⁰, M. Kowalski^9,50, K. Krings³³, G. Kroll³¹, M. Kroll¹⁰, G. Krückl³¹, J. Kunnen¹³, N. Kurahashi³⁷, T. Kuwabara¹⁵, M. Labare²⁶, J.L. Lanfranchi⁴⁶, M.J. Larson²⁰, M. Lesiak-Bzdak⁴¹, M. Leuermann¹, J. Leuner¹, L. Lu¹⁵, J. Lünemann¹³, J. Madsen³⁹, G. Maggi¹³, K.B.M. Mahn²², M. Mandelartz¹⁰, R. Maruyama³⁵, K. Mase¹⁵, H.S. Matis⁸, R. Maunu¹⁷, F. McNally³⁰, K. Meagher¹², M. Medici²⁰, M. Meier²¹, A. Meli²⁶, T. Menne²¹, G. Merino³⁰, T. Meures¹², S. Miarecki^7,8, E. Middell⁵⁰, L. Mohrmann⁵⁰, T. Montaruli²⁵, R. Morse³⁰, R. Nahnhauer⁵⁰, U. Naumann⁴⁹, G. Neer²², H. Niederhausen⁴¹, S.C. Nowicki²³, D.R. Nygren⁸, A. Obertacke Pollmann⁴⁹, A. Olivas¹⁷, A. Omairat⁴⁹, A. O'Murchadha¹², T. Palczewski⁴⁴, H. Pandya³⁴, D.V. Pankova⁴⁶, L. Paul¹, J.A. Pepper⁴⁴, C. Pérez de los Heros⁴⁸, C. Pfendner¹⁸, D. Pieloth²¹, E. Pinat¹², J. Posselt⁴⁹, P.B. Price⁷, G.T. Przybylski⁸, M. Quinnan⁴⁶, C. Raab¹², L. Rädel¹, M. Rameez²⁵, K. Rawlins³, R. Reimann¹, M. Relich¹⁵, E. Resconi³³, W. Rhode²¹, M. Richman³⁷, S. Richter³⁰, B. Riedel²³, S. Robertson², M. Rongen¹, C. Rott⁴², T. Ruhe²¹, D. Ryckbosch²⁶, L. Sabbatini³⁰, H.-G. Sander³¹, A. Sandrock²¹, J. Sandroos³¹, S. Sarkar^20,36, C. Savage⁴⁰, K. Schatto³¹, M. Schimp¹, P. Schlunder²¹, T. Schmidt¹⁷, S. Schoenen¹, S. Schöneberg¹⁰, A. Schönwald⁵⁰, L. Schulte¹¹, L. Schumacher¹, P. Scott^54,56, D. Seckel³⁴, S. Seunarine³⁹, H. Silverwood^16,55, D. Soldin⁴⁹, M. Song¹⁷, G.M. Spiczak³⁹, C. Spiering⁵⁰, M. Stahlberg¹, M. Stamatikos^18,52, T. Stanev³⁴, A. Stasik⁵⁰, A. Steuer³¹, T. Stezelberger⁸, R.G. Stokstad⁸, A. Stößl⁵⁰, R. Ström⁴⁸, N.L. Strotjohann⁵⁰, G.W. Sullivan¹⁷, M. Sutherland¹⁸, H. Taavola⁴⁸, I. Taboada⁵, J. Tatar^7,8, S. Ter-Antonyan⁶, A. Terliuk⁵⁰, G. Tešić⁴⁶, S. Tilav³⁴, P.A. Toale⁴⁴, M.N. Tobin³⁰, S. Toscano¹³, D. Tosi³⁰, M. Tselengidou²⁴, A. Turcati³³, E. Unger⁴⁸, M. Usner⁵⁰, S. Vallecorsa²⁵, J. Vandenbroucke³⁰, N. van Eijndhoven¹³, S. Vanheule²⁶, J. van Santen⁵⁰, J. Veenkamp³³, M. Vehring¹, M. Voge¹¹, M. Vraeghe²⁶, C. Walck⁴⁰, A. Wallace², M. Wallraff¹, N. Wandkowsky³⁰, Ch. Weaver²³, C. Wendt³⁰, S. Westerhoff³⁰, B.J. Whelan², K. Wiebe³¹, C.H. Wiebusch¹, L. Wille³⁰, D.R. Williams⁴⁴, L. Wills³⁷, H. Wissing¹⁷, M. Wolf⁴⁰, T.R. Wood²³, K. Woschnagg⁷, D.L. Xu³⁰, X.W. Xu⁶, Y. Xu⁴¹, J.P. Yanez⁵⁰, G. Yodh²⁷, S. Yoshida¹⁵ and M. Zoll⁴⁰

Published 12 April 2016 • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2016, April 2016 Citation M.G. Aartsen et al JCAP04(2016)022 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/022

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² Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005 Australia

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⁵ School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332 U.S.A.

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¹¹ Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, Bonn, D-53115 Germany

¹² Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, Brussels, B-1050 Belgium

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²¹ Dept. of Physics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, D-44221 Germany

²² Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824 U.S.A.

²³ Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1 Canada

²⁴ Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, D-91058 Germany

²⁵ Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, Genève, CH-1211 Switzerland

²⁶ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, Gent, B-9000 Belgium

²⁷ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697 U.S.A.

²⁸ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045 U.S.A.

²⁹ Dept. of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706 U.S.A.

³⁰ Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706 U.S.A.

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³³ Technische Universität München, Garching, D-85748 Germany

³⁴ Bartol Research Institute and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716 U.S.A.

³⁵ Dept. of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520 U.S.A.

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³⁷ Dept. of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 U.S.A.

³⁸ Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701 U.S.A.

³⁹ Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI, 54022 U.S.A.

⁴⁰ Oskar Klein Centre and Dept. of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691 Sweden

⁴¹ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800 U.S.A.

⁴² Dept. of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746 Korea

⁴³ Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7 Canada

⁴⁴ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487 U.S.A.

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⁵² NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771 U.S.A.

⁵³ Current address: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1 Canada

⁵⁴ Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ U.K.

⁵⁵ Current address: GRAPPA Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1098 XH Netherlands

⁵⁶ Corresponding authors: P. Scott and M. Danninger

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Received 6 January 2016
Accepted 24 March 2016
Published 12 April 2016

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We present an improved event-level likelihood formalism for including neutrino telescope data in global fits to new physics. We derive limits on spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering by employing the new formalism in a re-analysis of data from the 79-string IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the Sun, including explicit energy information for each event. The new analysis excludes a number of models in the weak-scale minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) for the first time. This work is accompanied by the public release of the 79-string IceCube data, as well as an associated computer code for applying the new likelihood to arbitrary dark matter models.

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