Boosted dark matter at the deep underground neutrino experiment

Alhazmi, Haider; Kong, Kyoungchul; Mohlabeng, Gopolang; Park, Jong-Chul

doi:10.1007/jhep04(2017)158

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“…In [15] the possibility of releasing more than the recoil energy was considered, but with signals still in the domain of low threshold detectors. Other DM models [17][18][19][20][21][22][23], are similar to our scenario in that they can be probed at neutrino detectors [24]. Yet, in these models, the dynamics that lead to signals at neutrino detector (a "removal" of a baryon from the detector or a boosted population of DM) is different than the case of SDDM.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Self-Destructing Dark Matter

Grossman

Harnik

Telem

et al. 2019

J. High Energ. Phys.

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We present Self-Destructing Dark Matter (SDDM), a new class of dark matter models which are detectable in large neutrino detectors. In this class of models, a component of dark matter can transition from a long-lived state to a short-lived one by scattering off of a nucleus or an electron in the Earth. The short-lived state then decays to Standard Model particles, generating a dark matter signal with a visible energy of order the dark matter mass rather than just its recoil. This leads to striking signals in large detectors with high energy thresholds. We present a few examples of models which exhibit self destruction, all inspired by bound state dynamics in the Standard Model. The models under consideration exhibit a rich phenomenology, possibly featuring events with one, two, or even three lepton pairs, each with a fixed invariant mass and a fixed energy, as well as non-trivial directional distributions. This motivates dedicated searches for dark matter in large underground detectors such as Super-K, Borexino, SNO+, and DUNE. * Electronic address: yg73@cornell.edu † Electronic address: roni@fnal.gov ‡ Electronic address:

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Self-Destructing Dark Matter

Grossman

Harnik

Telem

et al. 2019

J. High Energ. Phys.

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“…Since the expected flux of BDM from annihilation is generally small (suppressed by n 2 DM ) [49], large-volume detectors are desirable. Prospective signal sensitivities are investigated in Super-K/Hyper-K [49,50,52,63,64], DUNE [63,64], IceCube/PINGU [49,52], and LUX [65]. Surface-based detectors such as ProtoDUNE and SBN detectors may have sensitivity, restricting to the upward-going signals [68].…”

Section: Boosted Dark Mattermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, an angle cut allows to focus on signal-rich regions hence improve signal sensitivities. Example studies include Sun-originating BDM [51,52,64] via the annihilation of solar-captured heavier dark matter and dwarf-galaxy-originating BDM [63]. Further background rejection for elastic scattering may be achieved by dedicated analysis on event kinematics and using the fact that unlike neutrinos, BDM events have no correlated charged current events [49].…”

Section: Boosted Dark Mattermentioning

confidence: 99%

White Paper on New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments (Part 1: BSM Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter)

Argüelles

Aurisano

Batell

et al. 2019

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The authors of this paper primarily consist of those who participated in the New Opportunities at Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments workshop held on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. Given the anticipated and growing importance of BSM topics that can be explored in the next-generation neutrino experiments, the authors of this white paper are strong advocates of these topics and aim to become a de facto working group for the upcoming decadal study of the APS Division of Particles and Fields. This white paper is the first step to accomplish these goals, and provides a benchmark for ourselves to check progress toward making BSM physics a primary, yet complementary, topical area to precision neutrino oscillation parameter measurements. The authors plan to follow up this white paper and workshop with the subsequent series to ensure continued improvement and broadening of the BSM topics accessible to neutrino experiments, and to draw increasing attention to this field throughout the future. New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments White Paper New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments White Paper

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“…Other proposed searches for dark matter that deposits enough energy to exceed the ∼ MeV threshold of neutrino detectors include dark matter that destroys target baryons [6][7][8][9], that yields annihilation or decay products detectable in these experiments [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], that deposits its entire (mass + kinetic) energy [21], is produced at high-intensity accelerators or radioactive sources [22], is accelerated by astrophysical sources [23], or is bounced off energetic cosmic rays [24,25]. All these approaches (excepting the last one) require specific models with a number of massive dark sector states.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foraging for dark matter in large volume liquid scintillator neutrino detectors with multiscatter events

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We show that dark matter with a per-nucleon scattering cross section 10 −28 cm 2 could be discovered by liquid scintillator neutrino detectors like borexino, sno+, and juno. Due to the large dark matter fluxes admitted, these detectors could find dark matter with masses up to 10 21 GeV, surpassing the mass sensitivity of current direct detection experiments (such as xenont and pico) by over two orders of magnitude. We derive the spin-independent and spin-dependent cross section sensitivity of these detectors using existing selection triggers, and propose an improved trigger program that enhances this sensitivity by two orders of magnitude. We interpret these sensitivities in terms of three dark matter scenarios: (1) effective contact operators for scattering, (2) qcd-charged dark matter, and (3) a recently proposed model of Planck-mass baryon-charged dark matter. We calculate the flux attenuation of dark matter at these detectors due to the earth overburden, taking into account the earth's density profile and elemental composition, and nuclear spins.

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Boosted dark matter at the deep underground neutrino experiment

Cited by 45 publications

References 52 publications

Self-Destructing Dark Matter

Self-Destructing Dark Matter

White Paper on New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments (Part 1: BSM Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter)

Foraging for dark matter in large volume liquid scintillator neutrino detectors with multiscatter events

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