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Adrián Martínez, S.; Ardid Ramírez, M.; Larosa, G.; Martínez Mora, JA.; Al Samaraib, I.; Albert, A.; André, M.... (2013). First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 11(32):1-22. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/11/032

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Title: First results on dark matter annihilation in the Sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope
Author: Adrián Martínez, Silvia Ardid Ramírez, Miguel Larosa, Giuseppina Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio Al Samaraib, I. Albert, A. André, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anton, G. Anton, L. Anvar, S. Astraatmadja, T. Aubert, J.J. Baret, B. Basa, S.
UPV Unit: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada
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A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen ...[+]
Subjects: Neutrino experiments , Dark matter detectors , Supersymmetry and cosmology , Particle physics - cosmology connection
Copyrigths: Reserva de todos los derechos
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. (eissn: 1475-7516 )
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/11/032
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IOP Publishing: Hybrid Open Access
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/11/032
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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l' enegie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Agence National de la Recherche ...[+]
Type: Artículo

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