More on molecular excitations: Dark matter detection in ice

Va'vra, J.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.014

Title: More on molecular excitations: Dark matter detection in ice

Abstract

In this paper we investigate di-atomic molecules embedded in ice crystals under strain. In this environment coherent vibrations of many OH-bonds may be generated by one WIMP collision. The detection of such multiple-photon signals may provide a signature of a 100 GeV/c² WIMP. To do a proper lab test of “WIMP-induced” multi-photon emission is very difficult. As a result, we suggest that Ice Cube make a search for multi-photon events, and investigate whether the rate of such events exhibits yearly modulation.

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1348197

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics Letters. B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 761; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; Ice Cube experiment; Dark Matter search

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  title        = {More on molecular excitations: Dark matter detection in ice},

  author       = {Va'vra, J.},

  abstractNote = {In this paper we investigate di-atomic molecules embedded in ice crystals under strain. In this environment coherent vibrations of many OH-bonds may be generated by one WIMP collision. The detection of such multiple-photon signals may provide a signature of a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP. To do a proper lab test of “WIMP-induced” multi-photon emission is very difficult. As a result, we suggest that Ice Cube make a search for multi-photon events, and investigate whether the rate of such events exhibits yearly modulation.},

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  journal      = {Physics Letters. B},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 761,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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