Sensitivity of IceCube-DeepCore to neutralino dark matter in the MSSM-25

Abstract

We analyse the sensitivity of IceCube-DeepCore to annihilation of neutralino dark matter in the solar core, generated within a 25 parameter version of the minimally supersymmetric standard model (MSSM-25). We explore the 25-dimensional parameter space using scanning methods based on importance sampling and using DarkSUSY 5.0.6 to calculate observables. Our scans produced a database of 6.02 million parameter space points with neutralino dark matter consistent with the relic density implied by WMAP 7-year data, as well as with accelerator searches. We performed a model exclusion analysis upon these points using the expected capabilities of the IceCube-DeepCore Neutrino Telescope. We show that IceCube-DeepCore will be sensitive to a number of models that are not accessible to direct detection experiments such as SIMPLE, COUPP and XENON100, indirect detection using Fermi-LAT observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies, nor to current LHC searches.

arXiv comment15 pages, 13 figures. V2: Additional comparisons are made to limits from Fermi-LAT observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies and to the 125 GeV Higgs signal from the LHC. The spectral hardness section has been removed. Matches version accepted for publication in JCAP. V3: Typos corrected

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