IceCube Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in nearby Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters

ArXiv 1307.3473 (2013)

Authors:

MG Aartsen, R Abbasi, Y Abdou, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, D Altmann, J Auffenberg, X Bai, M Baker, SW Barwick, V Baum, R Bay, JJ Beatty, S Bechet, J Becker Tjus, K-H Becker, ML Benabderrahmane, S BenZvi, P Berghaus, D Berley, E Bernardini, A Bernhard, D Bertrand, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, M Bissok, E Blaufuss, J Blumenthal, DJ Boersma, S Bohaichuk, C Bohm, D Bose, S Böser, O Botner, L Brayeur, H-P Bretz, AM Brown, R Bruijn, J Brunner, M Carson, J Casey, M Casier, D Chirkin, A Christov, B Christy, K Clark, F Clevermann, S Coenders, S Cohen, DF Cowen, AH Cruz Silva, M Danninger, J Daughhetee, JC Davis, M Day, C De Clercq, S De Ridder, P Desiati, KD de Vries, M de With, T DeYoung, JC Díaz-Vélez, M Dunkman, R Eagan, B Eberhardt, J Eisch, RW Ellsworth, S Euler, PA Evenson, O Fadiran, AR Fazely, A Fedynitch, J Feintzeig, T Feusels, K Filimonov, C Finley, T Fischer-Wasels, S Flis, A Franckowiak, K Frantzen, T Fuchs, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, L Gerhardt, L Gladstone, T Glüsenkamp, A Goldschmidt, G Golup, JG Gonzalez, JA Goodman, D Góra, DT Grandmont, D Grant, A Groß, C Ha, A Haj Ismail, P Hallen, A Hallgren, F Halzen, K Hanson, D Heereman, D Heinen, K Helbing, R Hellauer, S Hickford, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, R Hoffmann, A Homeier, K Hoshina, W Huelsnitz, PO Hulth, K Hultqvist, S Hussain, A Ishihara, E Jacobi, J Jacobsen, K Jagielski, GS Japaridze, K Jero, O Jlelati, B Kaminsky, A Kappes, T Karg, A Karle, JL Kelley, J Kiryluk, J Kläs, SR Klein, J-H Köhne, G Kohnen, H Kolanosk, L Köpke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, M Kowalski, M Krasberg, K Krings, G Kroll, J Kunnen, N Kurahashi, T Kuwabara, M Labare, H Landsman, MJ Larson, M Lesiak-Bzdak, M Leuermann, J Leute, J Lünemann, O Macías, J Madsen, G Maggi, R Maruyama, K Mase, HS Matis, F McNally, K Meagher, M Merck, T Meures, S Miarecki, E Middell, N Milke, J Miller, L Mohrmann, T Montaruli, R Morse, R Nahnhauer, U Naumann, H Niederhausen, SC Nowicki, DR Nygren, A Obertacke, S Odrowski, A Olivas, A Omairat, A O'Murchadha, L Paul, JA Pepper, C Pérez de los Heros, C Pfendner, D Pieloth, E Pinat, J Posselt, PB Price, GT Przybylski, L Rädel, M Rameez, K Rawlins, P Redl, R Reimann, E Resconi, W Rhode, M Ribordy, M Richman, B Riedel, JP Rodrigues, C Rott, T Ruhe, B Ruzybayev, D Ryckbosch, SM Saba, T Salameh, H-G Sander, M Santander, S Sarkar, K Schatto, F Scheriau, T Schmidt, M Schmitz, S Schoenen, S Schöneberg, A Schönwald, A Schukraft, L Schulte, O Schulz, D Seckel, Y Sestayo, S Seunarine, R Shanidze, C Sheremata, MWE Smith, D Soldin, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, A Stasik, T Stezelberger, RG Stokstad, A Stößl, EA Strahler, R Ström, GW Sullivan, H Taavola, I Taboada, A Tamburro, A Tepe, S Ter-Antonyan, G Tešić, S Tilav, PA Toale, S Toscano, E Unger, M Usner, S Vallecorsa, N van Eijndhoven, A Van Overloop, J van Santen, M Vehring, M Voge1, M Vraeghe, C Walck, T Waldenmaier, M Wallraff, Ch Weaver, M Wellons, C Wendt, S Westerhoff, N Whitehorn, K Wiebe, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, H Wissing, M Wolf, TR Wood, K Woschnagg, DL Xu, XW Xu, JP Yanez, G Yodh, S Yoshida, P Zarzhitsky, J Ziemann, S Zierke, M Zoll

Abstract:

We present the results of a first search for self-annihilating dark matter in nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters using a sample of high-energy neutrinos acquired in 339.8 days of live time during 2009/10 with the IceCube neutrino observatory in its 59-string configuration. The targets of interest include the Virgo and Coma galaxy clusters, the Andromeda galaxy, and several dwarf galaxies. We obtain upper limits on the cross section as a function of the weakly interacting massive particle mass between 300 GeV and 100 TeV for the annihilation into b bbar, W+W-, \tau+\tau-, \mu+\mu-, and \nu \nu bar. A limit derived for the Virgo cluster, when assuming a large effect from subhalos, challenges the weak interacting massive particle interpretation of a recently observed GeV positron excess in cosmic rays.

CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)

ArXiv 1307.2232 (2013)

Authors:

The CTA Consortium, O Abril, BS Acharya, M Actis, G Agnetta, JA Aguilar, F Aharonian, M Ajello, A Akhperjanian, M Alcubierre, J Aleksic, R Alfaro, E Aliu, AJ Allafort, D Allan, I Allekotte, R Aloisio, E Amato, G Ambrosi, M Ambrosio, J Anderson, EO Angüner, LA Antonelli, V Antonuccio, M Antonucci, P Antoranz, A Aravantinos, A Argan, T Arlen, C Aramo, T Armstrong, H Arnaldi, L Arrabito, K Asano, T Ashton, HG Asorey, T Aune, Y Awane, H Baba, A Babic, N Baby, J Bähr, A Bais, C Baixeras, S Bajtlik, M Balbo, D Balis, C Balkowski, J Ballet, A Bamba, R Bandiera, A Barber, C Barbier, M Barceló, A Barnacka, J Barnstedt, U Barres de Almeida, JA Barrio, A Basili, S Basso, D Bastieri, C Bauer, A Baushev, U Becciani, J Becerra, J Becerra, Y Becherini, KC Bechtol, J Becker Tjus, V Beckmann, W Bednarek, B Behera, M Belluso, W Benbow, J Berdugo, D Berge, K Berger, F Bernard, T Bernardino, K Bernlöhr, B Bertucci, N Bhat, S Bhattacharyya, B Biasuzzi, C Bigongiari, A Biland, S Billotta, T Bird, E Birsin, E Bissaldi, J Biteau, M Bitossi, S Blake, O Blanch Bigas, P Blasi, A Bobkov, V Boccone, M Böttcher, L Bogacz, J Bogart, M Bogdan, C Boisson, J Boix Gargallo, J Bolmont, G Bonanno, A Bonardi, T Bonev, P Bonifacio, G Bonnoli, P Bordas, A Borgland, J Borkowski, R Bose, O Botner, A Bottani, L Bouchet, M Bourgeat, C Boutonnet, A Bouvier, S Brau-Nogué, I Braun, T Bretz, M Briggs, M Brigida, T Bringmann, R Britto, P Brook, P Brun, L Brunetti, P Bruno, N Bucciantini, T Buanes, J Buckley, R Bühler, V Bugaev, A Bulgarelli, T Bulik, G Busetto, S Buson, K Byrum, M Cailles, R Cameron, J Camprecios, R Canestrari, S Cantu, M Capalbi, P Caraveo, E Carmona, A Carosi, R Carosi, J Carr, J Carter, P-H Carton, R Caruso, S Casanova, E Cascone, M Casiraghi, A Castellina, O Catalano, S Cavazzani, S Cazaux, P Cerchiara, M Cerruti, E Chabanne, P Chadwick, C Champion, R Chaves, P Cheimets, A Chen, J Chiang, L Chiappetti, M Chikawa, VR Chitnis, F Chollet, A Christof, J Chudoba, M Cieślar, A Cillis, M Cilmo, A Codino, J Cohen-Tanugi, S Colafrancesco, P Colin, J Colome, S Colonges, M Compin, P Conconi, V Conforti, V Connaughton, J Conrad, JL Contreras, P Coppi, J Coridian, P Corona, D Corti, J Cortina, L Cossio, A Costa, H Costantini, G Cotter, B Courty, S Couturier, S Covino, G Crimi, SJ Criswell, J Croston, G Cusumano, M Dafonseca, O Dale, M Daniel, J Darling, I Davids, F Dazzi, A de Angelis, V De Caprio, F De Frondat, EM de Gouveia Dal Pino, I de la Calle, GA De La Vega, R de los Reyes Lopez, B de Lotto, A De Luca, M de Naurois, Y de Oliveira, E de Oña Wilhelmi, F de Palma, V de Souza, G Decerprit, G Decock, C Deil, E Delagnes, G Deleglise, C Delgado, D della Volpe, P Demange, G Depaola, A Dettlaff, T Di Girolamo, C Di Giulio, A Di Paola, F Di Pierro, G di Sciascio, C Díaz, J Dick, R Dickherber, H Dickinson, V Diez-Blanco, S Digel, D Dimitrov, G Disset, A Djannati-Ataï, M Doert, M Dohmke, W Domainko, D Dominis Prester, A Donat, D Dorner, M Doro, J-L Dournaux, G Drake, D Dravins, L Drury, F Dubois, R Dubois, G Dubus, C Dufour, D Dumas, J Dumm, D Durand, V Dwarkadas, J Dyks, M Dyrda, J Ebr, E Edy, K Egberts, P Eger, S Einecke, C Eleftheriadis, S Elles, D Emmanoulopoulos, D Engelhaupt, R Enomoto, J-P Ernenwein, M Errando, A Etchegoyen, PA Evans, A Falcone, A Faltenbacher, D Fantinel, K Farakos, C Farnier, E Farrell, G Fasola, BW Favill, E Fede, S Federici, S Fegan, F Feinstein, D Ferenc, P Ferrando, M Fesquet, P Fetfatzis, A Fiasson, E Fillin-Martino, D Fink, C Finley, JP Finley, M Fiorini, R Firpo Curcoll, E Flandrini, H Fleischhack, H Flores, D Florin, W Focke, C Föhr, E Fokitis, L Font, G Fontaine, M Fornasa, A Förster, L Fortson, N Fouque, A Franckowiak, FJ Franco, A Frankowski, C Fransson, GW Fraser, R Frei, L Fresnillo, C Fruck, D Fugazza, Y Fujita, Y Fukazawa, Y Fukui, S Funk, W Gäbele, S Gabici, R Gabriele, A Gadola, N Galante, D Gall, Y Gallant, J Gámez-García, M Garczarczyk, B García, R Garcia López, D Gardiol, F Gargano, D Garrido, L Garrido, D Gascon, M Gaug, J 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Schussler, T Schwab, U Schwanke, J Schwarz, S Schwarzburg, T Schweizer, S Schwemmer, U Schwendicke, C Schwerdt, A Segreto, J-H Seiradakis, GH Sembroski, M Servillat, K Seweryn, M Sharma, M Shayduk, RC Shellard, J Shi, T Shibata, A Shibuya, S Shore, E Shum, E Sideras-Haddad, L Sidoli, M Sidz, J Sieiro, M Sikora, J Silk, A Sillanpää, BB Singh, G Sironi, J Sitarek, C Skole, R Smareglia, A Smith, D Smith, J Smith, N Smith, D Sobczyńska, H Sol, G Sottile, M Sowiński, F Spanier, D Spiga, S Spyrou, V Stamatescu, A Stamerra, RLC Starling, Ł Stawarz, R Steenkamp, C Stegmann, S Steiner, C Stella, N Stergioulas, R Sternberger, M Sterzel, F Stinzing, M Stodulski, Th Stolarczyk, U Straumann, E Strazzeri, L Stringhetti, A Suarez, M Suchenek, R Sugawara, K-H Sulanke, S Sun, AD Supanitsky, T Suric, P Sutcliffe, JM Sykes, M Szanecki, T Szepieniec, A Szostek, G Tagliaferri, H Tajima, H Takahashi, K Takahashi, L Takalo, H Takami, G Talbot, J Tammi, M Tanaka, S Tanaka, J Tasan, M Tavani, J-P Tavernet, LA Tejedor, I Telezhinsky, P Temnikov, C Tenzer, Y Terada, R Terrier, M Teshima, V Testa, D Tezier, J Thayer, D Thuermann, L Tibaldo, L Tibaldo, O Tibolla, A Tiengo, MC Timpanaro, M Tluczykont, CJ Todero Peixoto, F Tokanai, M Tokarz, K Toma, A Tonachini, K Torii, M Tornikoski, DF Torres, M Torres, S Toscano, G Toso, G Tosti, T Totani, F Toussenel, G Tovmassian, P Travnicek, A Treves, M Trifoglio, I Troyano, K Tsinganos, H Ueno, G Umana, K Umehara, SS Upadhya, T Usher, M Uslenghi, F Vagnetti, JF Valdes-Galicia, P Vallania, G Vallejo, W van Driel, C van Eldik, J Vandenbrouke, J Vanderwalt, H Vankov, G Vasileiadis, V Vassiliev, D Veberic, I Vegas, S Vercellone, S Vergani, V Verzi, GP Vettolani, C Veyssière, JP Vialle, A Viana, M Videla, C Vigorito, P Vincent, S Vincent, J Vink, N Vlahakis, L Vlahos, P Vogler, V Voisin, A Vollhardt, H-P von Gunten, S Vorobiov, C Vuerli, V Waegebaert, R Wagner, RG Wagner, S Wagner, SP Wakely, R Walter, T Walther, K Warda, RS Warwick, P Wawer, R Wawrzaszek, N Webb, P Wegner, A Weinstein, Q Weitzel, R Welsing, M Werner, H Wetteskind, RJ White, A Wierzcholska, S Wiesand, A Wilhelm, MI Wilkinson, DA Williams, R Willingale, M Winde, K Winiarski, R Wischnewski, Ł Wiśniewski, P Wojcik, M Wood, A Wörnlein, Q Xiong, KK Yadav, H Yamamoto, T Yamamoto, R Yamazaki, S Yanagita, JM Yebras, D Yelos, A Yoshida, T Yoshida, T Yoshikoshi, P Yu, V Zabalza, M Zacharias, A Zajczyk, L Zampieri, R Zanin, A Zdziarski, A Zech, A Zhao, X Zhou, K Zietara, J Ziolkowski, P Ziółkowski, V Zitelli, C Zurbach, P Zychowski

Abstract:

Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 3. Higgs Properties

ArXiv 1307.1347 (2013)

Authors:

The LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, S Heinemeyer, C Mariotti, G Passarino, R Tanaka, JR Andersen, P Artoisenet, EA Bagnaschi, A Banfi, T Becher, FU Bernlochner, S Bolognesi, P Bolzoni, R Boughezal, D Buarque, J Campbell, F Caola, M Carena, F Cascioli, N Chanon, T Cheng, SY Choi, A David, P de Aquino, G Degrassi, D Del Re, A Denner, H van Deurzen, S Diglio, B Di Micco, R Di Nardo, S Dittmaier, M Duhrssen, RK Ellis, G Ferrera, N Fidanza, M Flechl, D de Florian, S Forte, R Frederix, S Frixione, S Gangal, Y Gao, MV Garzelli, D Gillberg, P Govoni, M Grazzini, N Greiner, J Griffiths, AV Gritsan, C Grojean, DC Hall, C Hays, R Harlander, R Hernandez-Pinto, S Hoche, J Huston, T Jubb, M Kadastik, S Kallweit, A Kardos, L Kashif, N Kauer, H Kim, R Klees, M Kramer, F Krauss, A Laureys, S Laurila, S Lehti, Q Li, S Liebler, X Liu, HE Logan, G Luisoni, M Malberti, F Maltoni, K Mawatari, F Maierhofer, H Mantler, S Martin, P Mastrolia, O Mattelaer, J Mazzitelli, B Mellado, K Melnikov, P Meridiani, DJ Miller, E Mirabella, SO Moch, P Monni, N Moretti, A Muck, M Muhlleitner, P Musella, P Nason, C Neu, M Neubert, C Oleari, J Olsen, G Ossola, T Peraro, K Peters, F Petriello, G Piacquadio, CT Potter, S Pozzorini, K Prokofiev, I Puljak, M Rauch, D Rebuzzi, L Reina, R Rietkerk, A Rizzi, Y Rotstein-Habarnau, GP Salam, G Sborlini, F Schissler, M Schonherr, M Schulze, M Schumacher, F Siegert, P Slavich, JM Smillie, O Stal, JF von Soden-Fraunhofen, M Spira, IW Stewart, FJ Tackmann, PTE Taylor, D Tommasini, J Thompson, RS Thorne, P Torrielli, F Tramontano, NV Tran, Z Trocsanyi, M Ubiali, P Vanlaer, M Vazquez Acosta, T Vickey, A Vicini, WJ Waalewijn, D Wackeroth, C Wagner, JR Walsh, J Wang, G Weiglein, A Whitbeck, C Williams, J Yu, G Zanderighi, M Zanetti, M Zaro, PM Zerwas, C Zhang, TJE Zirke, S Zuberi

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This Report summarizes the results of the activities in 2012 and the first half of 2013 of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the state of the art of Higgs Physics at the LHC, integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. This report follows the first working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables (CERN-2011-002) and the second working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 2. Differential Distributions (CERN-2012-002). After the discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC in mid-2012 this report focuses on refined prediction of Standard Model (SM) Higgs phenomenology around the experimentally observed value of 125-126 GeV, refined predictions for heavy SM-like Higgs bosons as well as predictions in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and first steps to go beyond these models. The other main focus is on the extraction of the characteristics and properties of the newly discovered particle such as couplings to SM particles, spin and CP-quantum numbers etc.

Axion mediation

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature 2013:7 (2013) 96

Authors:

Masha Baryakhtar, Edward Hardy, John March-Russell

Scale-invariant resonance tagging in multijet events and new physics in Higgs pair production

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature 2013:7 (2013) 148

Authors:

Maxime Gouzevitch, Alexandra Oliveira, Juan Rojo, Rogerio Rosenfeld, Gavin P Salam, Veronica Sanz