Neutrinos from the terrestrial passage of supersymmetric dark-matter Q-balls

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.80.027701· OSTI ID:21316302

Kusenko, Alexander ^[1]; Shoemaker, Ian M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547 (United States)

Supersymmetry implies that stable nontopological solitons, Q-balls, could form in the early universe and could make up all or part of dark matter. We show that the relic Q-balls passing through Earth can produce a detectable neutrino flux. The peculiar zenith angle dependence and a small annual modulation of this flux can be used as signatures of dark-matter Q-balls.

• OSTI ID: 21316302
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 80, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.027701; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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