Probing energetic light dark matter with multi-particle tracks signatures at DUNE
Abstract
The search for relativistic scattering signals of cosmogenic light dark matter at terrestrial detectors has received increasing attention as an alternative approach to probe dark-sector physics. Large-volume neutrino experiments are well motivated for searches of dark matter that interacts very weakly with Standard Model particles and/or that exhibits a small incoming flux. We perform a dedicated signal sensitivity study for a detector similar to the one proposed by the DUNE Collaboration for cosmogenic dark-matter signals resulting from a non-minimal multi-particle dark-sector scenario. The liquid argon time projection chamber technology adopted for the DUNE detectors is particularly suited for searching for complicated signatures owing to good measurement resolution and particle identification, as well as dE/dx measurements to recognize merged tracks. Taking inelastic boosted dark matter as our benchmark scenario that allows for multiple visible particles in the final state, we demonstrate that the DUNE far detectors have a great potential for probing scattering signals induced by relativistic light dark matter. Detector effects and backgrounds have been estimated and taken into account. Model-dependent and model-independent expected sensitivity limits for a DUNE-like detector are presented.
- Authors:
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[4];
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
- Texas A & M Univ. at Galveston, TX (United States); Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Univ. of Perugia, Perugia (Italy)
- Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju (Korea, Republic of)
- Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1851187
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009913; SC0010813; FG02-13ER41976; NRF-2019R1C1C1005073; NRF-2018R1A4A1025334; NRF-2020R1I1A3072747; PHY-1607611
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; beyond standard model; neutrino physics
Citation Formats
De Roeck, Albert, Kim, Doojin, Moghaddam, Zahra Gh., Park, Jong-Chul, Shin, Seodong, and Whitehead, Leigh H. Probing energetic light dark matter with multi-particle tracks signatures at DUNE. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep11(2020)043.
De Roeck, Albert, Kim, Doojin, Moghaddam, Zahra Gh., Park, Jong-Chul, Shin, Seodong, & Whitehead, Leigh H. Probing energetic light dark matter with multi-particle tracks signatures at DUNE. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11(2020)043
De Roeck, Albert, Kim, Doojin, Moghaddam, Zahra Gh., Park, Jong-Chul, Shin, Seodong, and Whitehead, Leigh H. Tue .
"Probing energetic light dark matter with multi-particle tracks signatures at DUNE". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11(2020)043. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1851187.
@article{osti_1851187,
title = {Probing energetic light dark matter with multi-particle tracks signatures at DUNE},
author = {De Roeck, Albert and Kim, Doojin and Moghaddam, Zahra Gh. and Park, Jong-Chul and Shin, Seodong and Whitehead, Leigh H.},
abstractNote = {The search for relativistic scattering signals of cosmogenic light dark matter at terrestrial detectors has received increasing attention as an alternative approach to probe dark-sector physics. Large-volume neutrino experiments are well motivated for searches of dark matter that interacts very weakly with Standard Model particles and/or that exhibits a small incoming flux. We perform a dedicated signal sensitivity study for a detector similar to the one proposed by the DUNE Collaboration for cosmogenic dark-matter signals resulting from a non-minimal multi-particle dark-sector scenario. The liquid argon time projection chamber technology adopted for the DUNE detectors is particularly suited for searching for complicated signatures owing to good measurement resolution and particle identification, as well as dE/dx measurements to recognize merged tracks. Taking inelastic boosted dark matter as our benchmark scenario that allows for multiple visible particles in the final state, we demonstrate that the DUNE far detectors have a great potential for probing scattering signals induced by relativistic light dark matter. Detector effects and backgrounds have been estimated and taken into account. Model-dependent and model-independent expected sensitivity limits for a DUNE-like detector are presented.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep11(2020)043},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 11,
volume = 2020,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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