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Searching for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos with liquid scintillation detectors
Abstract
We consider searches for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos in the core of the Sun. We find that liquid scintillation neutrino detectors have enhanced sensitivity to this class of dark matter models, due to the energy and angular resolution possible for electron neutrinos and antineutrinos that scatter via charged-current interactions. In particular we find that KamLAND, utilizing existing data, could provide better sensitivity to such models than any current direct detection experiment for m{sub X}≲15 Gev. KamLAND’s sensitivity is signal-limited, and future liquid scintillation or liquid argon detectors with similar energy and angular resolution, but with larger exposure, will provide significantly better sensitivity. These detectors may be particularly powerful probes of dark matter with mass O(10) GeV.
- Authors:
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i,Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah,Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22454564
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 06; Other Information: PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP06(2015)035; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:10795; Article funded by SCOAP3. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ANNIHILATION; ANTINEUTRINOS; ARGON; CHARGED-CURRENT INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; GEV RANGE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PROBES; SUN
Citation Formats
Kumar, J., and Sandick, P. Searching for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos with liquid scintillation detectors. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/06/035.
Kumar, J., & Sandick, P. Searching for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos with liquid scintillation detectors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/06/035
Kumar, J., and Sandick, P. 2015.
"Searching for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos with liquid scintillation detectors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/06/035.
@article{osti_22454564,
title = {Searching for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos with liquid scintillation detectors},
author = {Kumar, J. and Sandick, P.},
abstractNote = {We consider searches for dark matter annihilation to monoenergetic neutrinos in the core of the Sun. We find that liquid scintillation neutrino detectors have enhanced sensitivity to this class of dark matter models, due to the energy and angular resolution possible for electron neutrinos and antineutrinos that scatter via charged-current interactions. In particular we find that KamLAND, utilizing existing data, could provide better sensitivity to such models than any current direct detection experiment for m{sub X}≲15 Gev. KamLAND’s sensitivity is signal-limited, and future liquid scintillation or liquid argon detectors with similar energy and angular resolution, but with larger exposure, will provide significantly better sensitivity. These detectors may be particularly powerful probes of dark matter with mass O(10) GeV.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2015/06/035},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22454564},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 06,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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