Limits on dark matter proton scattering from neutrino telescopes using micrOMEGAs

Abstract

Limits on dark matter spin dependent elastic scattering cross section on protons derived from IceCube data are obtained for different dark matter annihilation channels using micrOMEGAs. The uncertainty on the derived limits, estimated by using different neutrino spectra, can reach a factor two. For all dark matter annihilation channels except for quarks, the limits on the spin dependent cross section are more stringent than those obtained in direct detection experiments. The new functions that allow to derive those limits are described.

23 pages, 7 figures; v2: references added; v3 and v4: clarifications added; The code can be downloaded from https://lapth.cnrs.fr/micromegas

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