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Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 022 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Volume | 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Apr 2016 |
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SRP8: Strategic Research Programme: High-Energy Physics at the VUB
D'Hondt, J., Van Eijndhoven, N., Craps, B. & Buitink, S.
1/11/12 → 31/10/24
Project: Fundamental