2015/12/11 by Kaustubh Agashe, Yanou Cui, Lina Necib +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Annihilation #Astrophysics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark matter #Electron #Galactic Center #Galaxy #Neutrino #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #astro-ph.CO #hep-ex #hep-ph
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042041
published in Journal of Physics Conference Series 718, 042041 (IOP Publishing) · Proceedings at TAUP conference, Turin, Italy Sept 7-11, 2015. 5 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2015/12/11 · openalex publication_date 2016/05/01 · arxiv updated 2016/06/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present a new multi-component dark matter model with a novel experimental signature that mimics neutral current interactions at neutrino detectors. In our model, the dark matter is composed of two particles, a heavier dominant component that annihilates to produce a boosted lighter component that we refer to as boosted dark matter. The lighter component is relativistic and scatters off electrons in neutrino experiments to produce Cherenkov light. This model combines the indirect detection of the dominant component with the direct detection of the boosted dark matter. Directionality can be used to distinguish the dark matter signal from the atmospheric neutrino background. We discuss the viable region of parameter space in current and future experiments.