Searches for Dark Matter with the IceCube Detector

Abstract

Construction of the IceCube neutrino observatory was recently completed, including the full DeepCore sub-array, a low-energy extension of the IceCube detector. We present recent results from the searches of dark matter candidates with IceCube, performed with the 22-and 40-string configurations using the Sun and the Galactic Center and Halo as possible dark matter sources. We also report on the search for dark matter annihilations with the IceCube neutrino detector in the 79-string configuration. Furthermore, a formalism for quickly and directly comparing event-level IceCube data with arbitrary annihilation spectra in detailed model scans is presented. We show an application of this formalism to both model exclusion and parameter estimation in models of supersymmetry.