Title: First Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun
Using the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope Authors: ANTARES
Collaboration: S. Adrián-Martinez, I. Al Samarai, A. Albert, et
al. First Author Institution: Institut d’Investigació per a la
Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) – Universitat
Politècnica de València. The quest for identifying the dark
matter particle is well underway. Many experiments are relying
on different detection methods to look for this elusive
particle. In this paper, we discuss the work of the ANTARES
(Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental
RESearch project) collaboration, which is using a neutrino
telescope to search for signals of dark matter annihilation in
the Sun. Most of the matter in the Universe is not visible, it
does not interact light. Think about it: casting light on
something and seeing what we get back is the main physical
mechanism we have of knowing it is there. In astronomy, we
observe the light emitted by the object or the inverse, we n