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1 Dark Matter Searches with AMANDA and IceCube Catherine De Clercq for the IceCube Collaboration Vrije Universiteit Brussel IDM 2008

2 Overview 1. Neutrinos from WIMP annihilations in Sun and Earth 2. The AMANDA and IceCube detectors 3. Results 4. Expected improvements 5. Summary and outlook

3 1. Neutrinos from WIMP annihilations in Sun and Earth Indirect detection of Dark Matter

4 Neutralino annihilations in Sun neutrinos ρ χ χ velocity distribution Earth Sun σ scatt ν µ ν int. G capture G annihilation qq χχ ll ν µ ± W, ZH, Detector Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM µ

5 Neutralino models considered Assume MSSM with R-parity conservation Neutralino χ 1 0 (LSP) is popular CDM candidate: weakly interacting, stable, massive search for neutralinos accumulated in Sun or centre of Earth Consider 7 masses 50 GeV < m( χ0 ) < 5000 GeV 2 c and 2 annihilation channels χχ WW + χχ bb ν ν hard E soft E ν ν spectrum spectrum Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

6 Signal simulation WIMPSIM generator (J. Edsjö) based on DarkSusy Usedfor: Optimisation of filters, tuning of cuts Calculation of selection efficiencies effective volume V eff -E ν dependent Calculation of upper limits on neutralino annihilation rates if no signal found Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

7 Neutrino detection South Pole station Cherenkov light pattern emitted by the muon is registered by an array of photomultiplier tubes (PMT) 3km ice layer Photomultiplier tubes µ * ν µ Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

8 Signal and background BG A few 1000 atmospheric neutrinos per year from northern hemisphere signal Max. a few neutrinos per year from WIMPs BG ~10 9 atmospheric muons per year from southern hemisphere Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

9 2. The AMANDA and IceCube detectors

10 University of of Oxford Oxford Uppsala University Stockholm University University Utrecht Utrecht EPF EPF Lausanne Bartol Bartol Research Inst., Inst., Delaware Anchorage University Pennsylvania State State University UC UC Berkeley UC UC Irvine Irvine Clark-Atlanta University Univ. Univ. of of Maryland University of of Wisconsin-Madison University of of Wisconsin-RiverFalls LBNL, LBNL, Berkeley University of of Kansas Southern Univ., Univ., Baton Baton Rouge Rouge RWTH RWTH Aachen Humboldt Univ., Univ., Berlin Berlin Universität Dortmund MPIK MPIK Heidelberg Universität Mainz Mainz Universität Wuppertal DESY, DESY, Zeuthen Universite Libre Librede de Bruxelles Vrije Vrije Universiteit Brussel Université de de Mons-Hainaut Universiteit Gent Gent Chiba Chiba University Univ. Univ. of of Canterbury, Christchurch IceCube Collaboration ~250 scientists 30 groups Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

11 Amundsen Scott South Pole Station IceCube observatory 1km At km depth Hot water drilling AMANDA 2000 m Control room

12 : 18 strings Control building IceTop Air shower detector threshold ~ 300 TeV Completion : 13 Strings : 8 Strings InIce 80 Strings,with 60 Optical Modules 17 m between Modules 125 m between Strings IceCube status March : 1 String first data 2005 upgoing muon 18. Juli 2005 AMANDA 19 Strings 677 Modules total of 40 Strings Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

13 3. Main results Neutralinos in the Sun Neutralinos in the centre of the Earth

14 Neutralinos in the Sun Use data with Sun below horizon (90 <θ<113.5 ): March-September Near horizontal muon tracks Several levels of filtering to remove atmospheric muon background 1TeV WIMP, hard channel selection efficiency ª 20% dataªσ(atm BG) µ AMANDA ν Atm. ν Atm µ IceCube Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

15 Neutralinos in the Sun Angular resolution [4-5 ] <500GeV AMANDA 3 500GeV IceCube22 Results from: AMANDA 2003 : days IceCube 2007 (22 strings): days Angular distribution Ψ[muon track, Sun] Signal selection efficiency O(20%) dependent on E ν BG from off-source data no evidence for signal in 250 days lifetime IC22 preliminary cos(ψ) Signal region Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

16 Neutralinos in the Sun Test hypothesis that muons come from Sun 90% C.L. upper limit on signal strength µ s ν to µ conversion rate µ DarkSusy Γ µν s V t eff neutralino annihilation rate Muon flux Γ 1 ( ) de E BR dn Γ µν = A 2 νσν N ν ρn χχ X 4π R deν X Γ dn E Eth = deµ 4π R de A φµ ( ) 2 E th µ Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

17 Results solar neutralinos AMANDA II 2003 IceCube Upper limits on muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun Excl. systematic errors:~34% Compare to MSSM predictions & direct WIMP searches o Excluded by CDMS + XENON10 + allowed by CDMS + XENON10 Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

18 Neutralinos in the centre of the Earth Near vertical upgoing muons AMANDA B : 422 days AMANDA II : 361 days focus on low masses AMANDA BG estimated from simulation µ No signal found in ~800 days of livetime IceCube ν Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

19 Neutralinos in the centre of the Earth Upper limits on muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the centre of the Earth Incl. systematic errors:~36% AMANDA preliminary o Excluded by CDMS + XENON10 + allowed by CDMS + XENON10 Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

20 4. Expected improvements

21 Expected improvements Full AMANDA statistics : factor 6 improvement Solar neutralinos IceCube: growing detector (IC80 in 2011) & more statistics improvement mainly at 500 GeV and above Addition of DeepCore: better sensitivity at GeV Full IceCube Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

22 Expected improvements Full AMANDA statistics : factor 6 improvement Solar neutralinos IceCube: growing detector (IC80 in 2011) & more statistics improvement mainly at 500 GeV and above Addition of DeepCore: better sensitivity at GeV DeepCore+IceCube Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

23 DeepCore: optimised for GeV-TeV 6 extra strings with 60 DOMs at 7.5m spacing dense core of 13 strings = 514 PMTs At bottom of IceCube in very clear ice: λ scat ~40m First string in Olaf Schulz Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

24 4π detector for GeV-TeV Access to Southern hemisphere: use IceCube as veto against atmospheric µ from Southern hemisphere µ ν µ ACTIVE VETO µ Olaf Schulz Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

25 5. Summary and outlook

26 Summary and outlook Indirect search was performed with AMANDA & IceCube for neutralinos in Sun and centre of Earth No evidence for signal Upper limits were set on possible muon fluxes complementary with direct searches Improvements in sensitivity expected in coming years: more statistics, larger detector and addition of DeepCore Catherine De Clercq Dark Matter in AMANDA & IceCube IDM

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