Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE

The DUNE collaboration

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/10/065

Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE

The DUNE collaboration

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Abstract

The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since excellent angle and energy reconstruction are necessary to detect this monoenergetic, directional neutrino flux, DUNE with its vast volume and reconstruction capabilities, is a promising candidate for a KDAR neutrino search. In this work, we evaluate the proposed KDAR neutrino search strategies by realistically modeling both neutrino-nucleus interactions and the response of DUNE. We find that, although reconstruction of the neutrino energy and direction is difficult with current techniques in the relevant energy range, the superb energy resolution, angular resolution, and particle identification offered by DUNE can still permit great signal/background discrimination. Moreover, there are non-standard scenarios in which searches at DUNE for KDAR in the Sun can probe dark matter interactions.

Original language	English
Article number	065
Journal	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume	2021
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/10/065
State	Published - 2021.10

Keywords

Dark matter theory
Neutrino detectors

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Physics & Astronomy

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Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE

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