1301.1138 (M. M. Boliev et al.)

Search for muon signal from dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the Baksan Underground Scintillator Telescope for 24.12 years    [PDF]

M. M. Boliev, S. V. Demidov, S. P. Mikheyev, O. V. Suvorova

We present a new dataset analysis of neutrino experiment at the Baksan Underground Scintillator Telescope with muon energy threshold about 1 GeV for the longest exposure time toward the Sun. In search for a signal from self-annihilations of dark matter particles in the center of the Sun we use an update sample of upward through-going muons for 24.12 years of live time. The new results are consistent with previous ones \cite{Baksan:97} in that of no observable excess has been found in measured muons relative to expected background from neutrinos of atmospheric origin. We present an improved data analysis procedure and describe it in detail. We set the 90% C.L. new upper limits on expected neutrino and muon fluxes from dark matter annihilations in the Sun, on the corresponding annihilation rates and cross sections of their elastic scattering off proton.

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