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

Sato, N; Hirata, K S; Kajita, T; Kifune, T; Kihara, K; Nakahata, M; Nakamura, K; Ohara, S; Suzuki, Y; Totsuka, Y; Yaginuma, Y; Mori, M; Oyama, Y; Suzuki, A; Takahashi, K; Takei, H; Tanimori, T; Koshiba, M; Suda, T; Tajima, T; Miyano, K; Miyata, H; Yamada, M; Fukuda, Y; Kaneyuki, K; Nagashima, Y; Takita, M; 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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220

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

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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.

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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] more »

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

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI Identifier:: 5135372

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 44:8; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; MASS; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; ANNIHILATION; FLAVOR MODEL; GALAXIES; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SUPERSYMMETRY; UNIVERSE; BASIC INTERACTIONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION; SYMMETRY; 640101* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Cosmic Radiation; 640104 - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena; 440104 - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation

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                    Sato, N, Hirata, K S, Kajita, T, Kifune, T, Kihara, K, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, K, Ohara, S, Suzuki, Y, Totsuka, Y, Yaginuma, Y, Mori, M, Oyama, Y, Suzuki, A, Takahashi, K, Takei, H, Tanimori, T, Koshiba, M, Suda, T, Tajima, T, Miyano, K, Miyata, H, Yamada, M, Fukuda, Y, Kaneyuki, K, Nagashima, Y, Takita, M, Beier, E W, Feldscher, L R, Frank, E D, Frati, W, Kim, S B, Mann, A K, Newcomer, F M, Van Berg, R, and Zhang, W. Mass limits for dark-matter particles derived from high-energy neutrinos from the Sun.  United States: N. p., 1991. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220.

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                    Sato, N, Hirata, K S, Kajita, T, Kifune, T, Kihara, K, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, K, Ohara, S, Suzuki, Y, Totsuka, Y, Yaginuma, Y, Mori, M, Oyama, Y, Suzuki, A, Takahashi, K, Takei, H, Tanimori, T, Koshiba, M, Suda, T, Tajima, T, Miyano, K, Miyata, H, Yamada, M, Fukuda, Y, Kaneyuki, K, Nagashima, Y, Takita, M, 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. Mass limits for dark-matter particles derived from high-energy neutrinos from the Sun.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220

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                    Sato, N, Hirata, K S, Kajita, T, Kifune, T, Kihara, K, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, K, Ohara, S, Suzuki, Y, Totsuka, Y, Yaginuma, Y, Mori, M, Oyama, Y, Suzuki, A, Takahashi, K, Takei, H, Tanimori, T, Koshiba, M, Suda, T, Tajima, T, Miyano, K, Miyata, H, Yamada, M, Fukuda, Y, Kaneyuki, K, Nagashima, Y, Takita, M, Beier, E W, Feldscher, L R, Frank, E D, Frati, W, Kim, S B, Mann, A K, Newcomer, F M, Van Berg, R, and Zhang, W. 1991.  
        "Mass limits for dark-matter particles derived from high-energy neutrinos from the Sun".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220.

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@article{osti_5135372,

  title        = {Mass limits for dark-matter particles derived from high-energy neutrinos from the Sun},

  author       = {Sato, N and Hirata, K S and Kajita, T and Kifune, T and Kihara, K and Nakahata, M and Nakamura, K and Ohara, S and Suzuki, Y and Totsuka, Y and Yaginuma, Y and Mori, M and Oyama, Y and Suzuki, A and Takahashi, K and Takei, H and Tanimori, T and Koshiba, M and Suda, T and Tajima, T and Miyano, K and Miyata, H and Yamada, M and Fukuda, Y and Kaneyuki, K and Nagashima, Y and Takita, M and Beier, E W and Feldscher, L R and Frank, E D and Frati, W and Kim, S B and Mann, A K and Newcomer, F M and Van Berg, R and Zhang, W},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2220},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5135372},
  journal      = {Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)},

  issn         = {0556-2821},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 44:8,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991},

  month        = {Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991}

}

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