Mass limits for dark-matter particles derived from high-energy neutrinos from the Sun

Journal Article · Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220· OSTI ID:5135372

Sato, N; Hirata, K S; Kajita, T; Kifune, T; Kihara, K; Nakahata, M; Nakamura, K; Ohara, S; Suzuki, Y; Totsuka, Y; Yaginuma, Y ^[1]; Mori, M; Oyama, Y; Suzuki, A; Takahashi, K; Takei, H; Tanimori, T ^[2]; Koshiba, M ^[3]; Suda, T; Tajima, T ^[4] ; Miyano, K; Miyata, H; Yamada, M ^[5]; Fukuda, Y; Kaneyuki, K; Nagashima, Y; Takita, M ^[6]; Beier, E W; Feldscher, L R; Frank, E D; Frati, W; Kim, S B; Mann, A K; Newcomer, F M; Van Berg, R; Zhang, W ^[7]

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1. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Tanashi, Tokyo 188 (Japan)
2. National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)
3. Tokai University, Shibuya, Tokyo 151 (Japan)
4. Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657 (Japan)
5. Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata 950-21 (Japan)
6. Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560 (Japan)
7. Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

High-energy neutrinos could be emitted from the center of the Sun as annihilation products of heavy galactic dark-matter particles. We analyze neutrino events observed by the Kamiokande detector to search for such neutrinos. The observed upper limits on solar high-energy neutrinos from these data set limits on the mass and density of certain galactic dark matter. The particles analyzed are heavy Dirac neutrinos ({nu}{sub {ital D}}), heavy Majorana neutrinos ({nu}{sub {ital M}}), Higgsinos ({ital {tilde h}}), neutrinos ({tilde {nu}}) with three flavors, and photinos ({tilde {gamma}}) as the lightest supersymmetric particles. Excluded mass regions are obtained for each dark-matter candidate: 3 GeV{lt}{ital m}{sub {nu}{ital D}}{lt}100 GeV, 3 GeV{lt}{ital m}{sub n{tilde u}}{ital e}{lt}90 GeV, 3 GeV{lt}{ital m}{sub n}{tilde u}{mu}{lt}90 GeV, and 4 GeV{lt}{ital m}{sub n}{tilde u}{tau}{lt}90 GeV. No limits are obtained on the masses of {nu}{sub {ital M}}, {ital {tilde h}}, and {tilde {gamma}} yet.

• OSTI ID: 5135372
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 44:8; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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