Prospects for Light Dark Matter Searches at Large-Volume Neutrino Detectors

Dutta, Bhaskar; Huang, Wei-Chih; Kim, Doojin; Newstead, Jayden L.; Park, Jong-Chul; Ali, Iman Shaukat

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.161801

Title: Prospects for Light Dark Matter Searches at Large-Volume Neutrino Detectors

Journal Article · 15 October 2024 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.161801 · OSTI ID:2472443

Dutta, Bhaskar; Huang, Wei-Chih; Kim, Doojin;

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We propose a new approach to search for light dark matter (DM), with keV–GeV mass, via inelastic nucleus scattering at large-volume neutrino detectors such as Borexino, DUNE, Super-K, Hyper-K, and JUNO. The approach uses inelastic nuclear scattering of cosmic-ray boosted DM, enabling a low-background search for DM in these experiments. Large neutrino detectors, with higher thresholds than dark matter detectors, can be used, since the nuclear deexcitation lines are $O (10) MeV$ . Using a hadrophilic dark-gauge-boson-portal model as a benchmark, we show that the nuclear inelastic channels generally provide better sensitivity than the elastic scattering for a large region of light DM parameter space. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010813

OSTI ID:: 2472443

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 133; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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