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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collabora...

First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collabora...

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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration

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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 2017-02, Vol.77 (2), p.1, Article 82

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter, can scatter off nuclei inside the Earth and fall below its escape velocity. Over time the captured WIMPs will be accumulated and may eventually self-annihilate. Among t...

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First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube detector: IceCube Collaboration

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1867928612

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1867928612

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ISSN

1434-6044

E-ISSN

1434-6052

DOI

10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4582-y

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