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Title: Indirect searches of Galactic diffuse dark matter in INO-MagICAL detector

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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  1. Sainik School Post, Bhubaneswar (India); Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (India)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Here, the signatures for the existence of dark matter are revealed only through its gravitational interaction. Theoretical arguments support that the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) can be a class of dark matter and it can annihilate and/or decay to Standard Model particles, among which neutrino is a favorable candidate. We show that the proposed 50 kt Magnetized Iron CALorimeter (MagICAL) detector under the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project can play an important role in the indirect searches of Galactic diffuse dark matter in the neutrino and antineutrino mode separately. We present the sensitivity of 500 kt·yr MagICAL detector to set limits on the velocity-averaged self-annihilation cross-section ($$\langle$$σv$$\rangle$$) and decay lifetime (τ) of dark matter having mass in the range of 2 GeV ≤ mχ ≤ 90 GeV and 4 GeV ≤ mχ ≤ 180 GeV respectively, assuming no excess over the conventional atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino fluxes at the INO site. Our limits for low mass dark matter constrain the parameter space which has not been explored before. We show that MagICAL will be able to set competitive constraints, $$\langle$$σv$$\rangle$$ ≤ 1.87 × 10-24 cm3 s-1 for χχ→$$ν\overline{v}$$ χχ→$$ν\overline{v}$$ and τ ≥ 4.8 × 1024s for χ → $$ν\overline{v}$$ χ → $$ν\overline{v}$$ at 90% C.L. (1 d.o.f.) for mχ = 10 GeV assuming the NFW as dark matter density profile.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1372894
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2017, Issue 6; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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