Monoenergetic neutrinos from dark matter annihilation: Issues of exposure

Journal Article · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953309· OSTI ID:22609092

Kumar, Jason ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)

We consider searches for dark matter annihilation in the Sun resulting in monoenergetic neutrinos, produced either directly or through the decay of stopped pions and kaons. We find that this strategy is very successful at increasing the signal-to-background ratio, but that current experiments may be signal limited. We discuss the exposures need to fully exploit this search strategy.

• OSTI ID: 22609092
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1743, Issue 1; Conference: CETUP 2015: Workshop on dark matter, neutrino physics and astrophysics, Deadwood, SD (United States), 15 Jun - 17 Jul 2015, PPC 2015: 9. international conference on interconnections between particle physics and cosmology, Deadwood, SD (United States), 15 Jun - 17 Jul 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANNIHILATION
KAONS
NEUTRINOS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE DECAY
PIONS
SUN