Results from the search for dark matter in the Milky Way with 9 years of data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Abstract

Using data recorded with the ANTARES telescope from 2007 to 2015, a new search for dark matter annihilation in the Milky Way has been performed. Three halo models and five annihilation channels, $\mathrm{WIMP}+\mathrm{WIMP}\to \mathrm{b}\bar{\mathrm{b}},{\mathrm{W}}^{+}{\mathrm{W}}^{-},\ddot{\mathrm{I}}{„}^{+}\ddot{\mathrm{I}}{„}^{-},\hat{\mathrm{I}}{¼}^{+}\hat{\mathrm{I}}{¼}^{-}$ and $\hat{I}½\bar{\hat{I}}½$, with WIMP masses ranging from 50 $\frac{\text{GeV}}{{\text{c}}^2}$ to 100 $\frac{\text{TeV}}{{\text{c}}^2}$, were considered. No excess over the expected background was found, and limits on the thermally averaged annihilation cross--section were set.

6 pages, 6 figures submitted to Physics Letters B. Erratum accepted by Physics Letters B