Search for secluded dark matter towards the Galactic Centre with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Searches for dark matter (DM) have not provided any solid evidence for the existence of weakly interacting massive particles in the GeV-TeV mass range. Coincidentally, the scale of new physics is being pushed by collider searches well beyond the TeV domain. This situation strongly motivates the exploration of DM masses much larger than a TeV. Secluded scenarios contain a natural way around the unitarity bound on the DM mass, via the early matter domination induced by the mediator of its interactions with the Standard Model. High-energy neutrinos constitute one of the very few direct accesses to energy scales above a few TeV. An indirect search for secluded DM signals has been performed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope using data from 2007 to 2015. Upper limits on the DM annihilation cross section for DM masses up to 6 PeV are presented and discussed.
Authors: A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M.C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T.N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A.F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N.R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lagunas Gualda, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, S. LeStum, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, B. Martino, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, F. Sala, A. Sánchez-Losa, F. Salesa Greus, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S.J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Haute-Alsace, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Université de Strasbourg, Universitat de València, Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitat Politècnica de València, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Université Paris Cité, National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, Mohammed V University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, University of Bologna, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Mohamed I University, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Institute of Space Science - INFLPR Subsidiary, Institute for High Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Sapienza University of Rome, Cadi Ayyad University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Universidad de Granada, Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne, Université Blaise Pascal, Université de Toulon, Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes, University of Genoa, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Leiden University, University of Würzburg, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Institut Universitaire de France, University of Naples Federico II
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: “la Caixa” Foundation, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, European Commission, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Generalitat Valenciana, Conseil Régional, Île-de-France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Universitaire de France, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Junta de Andalucía, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Conseil Régional d'Alsace, Sorbonne Université, Labex UnivEarthS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
Awards: G1323502114, G1571383463, G1652118567, G2045273392, G2916289761, G4656594441, G4947469804, G5208055953, G5241156988, G603588730, G6127107887, G6416834187, G6718845067, G6728930308, Unifying Neutrino Observatories Searches, G7041469554, G7226655484, G7240651115, G7376787254, G8058166249, Université de Paris, Earth - Planets - Universe: observation, modeling, transfer, G8930446
OpenAlex ID: W4221161564