19–21 Apr 2017
Trieste - Italia
Europe/Rome timezone
Proceedings: Il Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 41, N. 1-2, 2018 : https://www.sif.it/riviste/sif/ncc/econtents/2018/041/01-02

Dark Matter interpretation of the IceCube diffuse neutrino flux

20 Apr 2017, 09:40
15m
Aula Magna - Edificio H3 (Trieste - Italia)

Aula Magna - Edificio H3

Trieste - Italia

Università degli Studi di Trieste Via Valerio nº 12/2 I-34127 Trieste (TS)
Oral contribution Sessione Cosmologia e Astroparticelle Sessione Cosmologia e Astroparticelle

Speaker

Marco Chianese (NA)

Description

The recent study on the the 6-year up-going muon neutrinos by the IceCube Collaboration and the multi-messenger analyses support the hypothesis of a two component scenario explaining the diffuse TeV-PeV neutrino flux. Depending on the steepness of the astrophysical power-law, an excess in the IceCube data is shown in the energy range 10-100 TeV (low-energy excess) or at PeV (high-energy excess). A statistical analysis on the neutrino energy spectrum and on the angular distribution of neutrino arrival directions is performed in order to shed light on the origin of such excesses. In both cases, we characterize a two-component neutrino flux where decaying/annihilating Dark Matter particles provide a contribution to the IceCube observations.

Primary author

Co-authors

Gennaro Miele (NA) Dr Stefano Morisi (Università federico II Napoli)

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