Leptophilic dark matter and the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature 2014:8 (2014) 147

Authors:

Prateek Agrawal, Zackaria Chacko, Christopher B Verhaaren

3.55 keV photon line and its morphology from a 3.55 keV axionlike particle line

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 90:2 (2014) 023540

Authors:

Michele Cicoli, Joseph P Conlon, MC David Marsh, Markus Rummel

A SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF EeV PHOTONS

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 789:2 (2014) 160

Authors:

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, M Ahlers, EJ Ahn, I Al Samarai, IFM Albuquerque, I Allekotte, J Allen, P Allison, A Almela, J Alvarez Castillo, J Alvarez-Muñiz, R Alves Batista, M Ambrosio, A Aminaei, L Anchordoqui, S Andringa, C Aramo, F Arqueros, H Asorey, P Assis, J Aublin, M Ave, M Avenier, G Avila, AM Badescu, KB Barber, J Bäuml, C Baus, JJ Beatty, KH Becker, JA Bellido, C Berat, X Bertou, PL Biermann, P Billoir, F Blanco, M Blanco, C Bleve, H Blümer, M Boháčová, D Boncioli, C Bonifazi, R Bonino, N Borodai, J Brack, I Brancus, P Brogueira, WC Brown, P Buchholz, A Bueno, M Buscemi, KS Caballero-Mora, B Caccianiga, L Caccianiga, M Candusso, L Caramete, R Caruso, A Castellina, G Cataldi, L Cazon, R Cester, AG Chavez, SH Cheng, A Chiavassa, JA Chinellato, J Chudoba, M Cilmo, RW Clay, G Cocciolo, R Colalillo, L Collica, MR Coluccia, R Conceição, F Contreras, MJ Cooper, S Coutu, CE Covault, A Criss, J Cronin, A Curutiu, R Dallier, B Daniel, S Dasso, K Daumiller, BR Dawson, RM de Almeida, M De Domenico, SJ de Jong, JRT de Mello Neto, I De Mitri, J de Oliveira, V de Souza, L del Peral, O Deligny, H Dembinski, N Dhital, C Di Giulio, A Di Matteo, JC Diaz, ML Díaz Castro, PN Diep, F Diogo, C Dobrigkeit, W Docters, JC D'Olivo, PN Dong, A Dorofeev, Q Dorosti Hasankiadeh, MT Dova, J Ebr, R Engel, M Erdmann, M Erfani, CO Escobar, J Espadanal, A Etchegoyen, P Facal San Luis, H Falcke, K Fang, G Farrar, AC Fauth, N Fazzini, AP Ferguson, M Fernandes, B Fick, JM Figueira, A Filevich, A Filipčič, BD Fox, O Fratu, U Fröhlich, B Fuchs, T Fuji, R Gaior, B García, ST Garcia Roca, D Garcia-Gamez, D Garcia-Pinto, G Garilli, A Gascon Bravo, F Gate, H Gemmeke, PL Ghia, U Giaccari, M Giammarchi, M Giller, C Glaser, H Glass, F Gomez Albarracin, M Gómez Berisso, PF Gómez Vitale, P Gonçalves, JG Gonzalez, B Gookin, A Gorgi, P Gorham, P Gouffon, S Grebe, N Griffith, AF Grillo, TD Grubb, Y Guardincerri, F Guarino, GP Guedes, P Hansen, D Harari, TA Harrison, JL Harton, A Haungs, T Hebbeker, D Heck, P Heimann, AE Herve, GC Hill, C Hojvat, N Hollon, E Holt, P Homola, JR Hörandel, P Horvath, M Hrabovský, D Huber, T Huege, A Insolia, PG Isar, K Islo, I Jandt, S Jansen, C Jarne, M Josebachuili, A Kääpä, O Kambeitz, KH Kampert, P Kasper, I Katkov, B Kégl, B Keilhauer, A Keivani, E Kemp, RM Kieckhafer, HO Klages, M Kleifges, J Kleinfeller, R Krause, N Krohm, O Krömer, D Kruppke-Hansen, D Kuempel, N Kunka, G La Rosa, D LaHurd, L Latronico, R Lauer, M Lauscher, P Lautridou, S Le Coz, MSAB Leão, D Lebrun, P Lebrun, MA Leigui de Oliveira, A Letessier-Selvon, I Lhenry-Yvon, K Link, R López, A Lopez Agüera, K Louedec, J Lozano Bahilo, L Lu, A Lucero, M Ludwig, H Lyberis, MC Maccarone, M Malacari, S Maldera, J Maller, D Mandat, P Mantsch, AG Mariazzi, V Marin, IC Mariş, G Marsella, D Martello, L Martin, H Martinez, O Martínez Bravo, D Martraire, JJ Masías Meza, HJ Mathes, S Mathys, AJ Matthews, J Matthews, G Matthiae, D Maurel, D Maurizio, E Mayotte, PO Mazur, C Medina, G Medina-Tanco, M Melissas, D Melo, E Menichetti, A Menshikov, S Messina, R Meyhandan, S Mićanović, MI Micheletti, L Middendorf, IA Minaya, L Miramonti, B Mitrica, L Molina-Bueno, S Mollerach, M Monasor, D Monnier Ragaigne, F Montanet, C Morello, JC Moreno, M Mostafá, CA Moura, MA Muller, G Müller, M Münchmeyer, R Mussa, G Navarra, S Navas, P Necesal, L Nellen, A Nelles, J Neuser, M Niechciol, L Niemietz, T Niggemann, D Nitz, D Nosek, V Novotny, L Nožka, L Ochilo, A Olinto, M Oliveira, M Ortiz, N Pacheco, D Pakk Selmi-Dei, M Palatka, J Pallotta, N Palmieri, P Papenbreer, G Parente, A Parra, S Pastor, T Paul, M Pech, J Pe¸kala, R Pelayo, IM Pepe, L Perrone, R Pesce, E Petermann, C Peters, S Petrera, A Petrolini, Y Petrov, R Piegaia, T Pierog, P Pieroni, M Pimenta, V Pirronello, M Platino, M Plum, A Porcelli, C Porowski, P Privitera, M Prouza, V Purrello, EJ Quel, S Querchfeld, S Quinn, J Rautenberg, O Ravel, D Ravignani, B Revenu, J Ridky, S Riggi, M Risse, P Ristori, V Rizi, J Roberts, W Rodrigues de Carvalho, I Rodriguez Cabo, G Rodriguez Fernandez, J Rodriguez Rojo, MD Rodríguez-Frías, G Ros, J Rosado, T Rossler, M Roth, E Roulet, AC Rovero, C Rühle, SJ Saffi, A Saftoiu, F Salamida, H Salazar, F Salesa Greus, G Salina, F Sánchez, P Sanchez-Lucas, CE Santo, E Santos, EM Santos, F Sarazin, B Sarkar, R Sarmento, R Sato, N Scharf, V Scherini, H Schieler, P Schiffer, A Schmidt, O Scholten, H Schoorlemmer, P Schovánek, A Schulz, J Schulz, SJ Sciutto, A Segreto, M Settimo, A Shadkam, RC Shellard, I Sidelnik, G Sigl, O Sima, A Śmiałkowski, R Šmída, GR Snow, P Sommers, J Sorokin, R Squartini, YN Srivastava, S Stanič, J Stapleton, J Stasielak, M Stephan, A Stutz, F Suarez, T Suomijärvi, AD Supanitsky, MS Sutherland, J Swain, Z Szadkowski, M Szuba, OA Taborda, A Tapia, M Tartare, NT Thao, VM Theodoro, J Tiffenberg, C Timmermans, CJ Todero Peixoto, G Toma, L Tomankova, B Tomé, A Tonachini, G Torralba Elipe, D Torres Machado, P Travnicek, E Trovato, M Tueros, R Ulrich, M Unger, M Urban, JF Valdés Galicia, I Valiño, L Valore, G van Aar, AM van den Berg, S van Velzen, A van Vliet, E Varela, B Vargas Cárdenas, G Varner, JR Vázquez, RA Vázquez, D Veberič, V Verzi, J Vicha, M Videla, L Villaseñor, B Vlcek, S Vorobiov, H Wahlberg, O Wainberg, D Walz, AA Watson, M Weber, K Weidenhaupt, A Weindl, F Werner, BJ Whelan, A Widom, L Wiencke, B Wilczyńska, H Wilczyński, M Will, C Williams, T Winchen, D Wittkowski, B Wundheiler, S Wykes, T Yamamoto, T Yapici, P Younk, G Yuan, A Yushkov, B Zamorano, E Zas, D Zavrtanik, M Zavrtanik, I Zaw, A Zepeda, J Zhou, Y Zhu, M Zimbres Silva, M Ziolkowski

Search for non-relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with IceCube

European Physical Journal C Springer Verlag C74:7 (2014) 2938-2938

Abstract:

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a large Cherenkov detector instrumenting $1\,\mathrm{km}^3$ of Antarctic ice. The detector can be used to search for signatures of particle physics beyond the Standard Model. Here, we describe the search for non-relativistic, magnetic monopoles as remnants of the GUT (Grand Unified Theory) era shortly after the Big Bang. These monopoles may catalyze the decay of nucleons via the Rubakov-Callan effect with a cross section suggested to be in the range of $10^{-27}\,\mathrm{cm^2}$ to $10^{-21}\,\mathrm{cm^2}$. In IceCube, the Cherenkov light from nucleon decays along the monopole trajectory would produce a characteristic hit pattern. This paper presents the results of an analysis of first data taken from May 2011 until May 2012 with a dedicated slow-particle trigger for DeepCore, a subdetector of IceCube. A second analysis provides better sensitivity for the brightest non-relativistic monopoles using data taken from May 2009 until May 2010. In both analyses no monopole signal was observed. For catalysis cross sections of $10^{-22}\,(10^{-24})\,\mathrm{cm^2}$ the flux of non-relativistic GUT monopoles is constrained up to a level of $\Phi_{90} \le 10^{-18}\,(10^{-17})\,\mathrm{cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}}$ at a 90% confidence level, which is three orders of magnitude below the Parker bound. The limits assume a dominant decay of the proton into a positron and a neutral pion. These results improve the current best experimental limits by one to two orders of magnitude, for a wide range of assumed speeds and catalysis cross sections.

SoftKiller, a particle-level pileup removal method

(2014)

Authors:

Matteo Cacciari, Gavin P Salam, Gregory Soyez