Scholars@Duke

Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector

Publication ,  Journal Article
Abe, K; Bronner, C; Haga, Y; Hayato, Y; Ikeda, M; Imaizumi, S; Ito, H; Iyogi, K; Kameda, J; Kataoka, Y; Kato, Y; Kishimoto, Y; Marti, L ...
Published in: Physical Review D
October 9, 2020
Published version (DOI)

We present a search for an excess of neutrino interactions due to dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) annihilating in the Galactic center or halo based on the data set of Super-Kamiokande-I, -II, -III and -IV taken from 1996 to 2016. We model the neutrino flux, energy, and flavor distributions assuming WIMP self-annihilation is dominant to νν¯, μ+μ-, bb¯, or W+W-. The excess is in comparison to atmospheric neutrino interactions which are modeled in detail and fit to data. Limits on the self-annihilation cross section σ are derived for WIMP masses in the range 1 GeV to 10 TeV, reaching as low as 9.6×10-23 cm3 s-1 for 5 GeV WIMPs in bb¯ mode and 1.2×10-24 cm3 s-1 for 1 GeV WIMPs in νν¯ mode. The obtained sensitivity of the Super-Kamiokande detector to WIMP masses below several tens of GeV is the best among similar indirect searches to date.

Duke Scholars

Kate Scholberg
Author Kate Scholberg Physics
Christopher Walter
Author Christopher Walter Physics
Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Physical Review D

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072002

EISSN

2470-0029

ISSN

2470-0010

Publication Date

October 9, 2020

Volume

102

Issue

7
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Abe, K., Bronner, C., Haga, Y., Hayato, Y., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., … Ishizuka, T. (2020). Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector. Physical Review D, 102(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072002
Abe, K., C. Bronner, Y. Haga, Y. Hayato, M. Ikeda, S. Imaizumi, H. Ito, et al. “Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector.” Physical Review D 102, no. 7 (October 9, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072002.
Abe K, Bronner C, Haga Y, Hayato Y, Ikeda M, Imaizumi S, et al. Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector. Physical Review D. 2020 Oct 9;102(7).
Abe, K., et al. “Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector.” Physical Review D, vol. 102, no. 7, Oct. 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072002.
Abe K, Bronner C, Haga Y, Hayato Y, Ikeda M, Imaizumi S, Ito H, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Kataoka Y, Kato Y, Kishimoto Y, Marti L, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mochizuki T, Nagao Y, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakajima T, Nakayama S, Okada T, Okamoto K, Orii A, Pronost G, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Takeda A, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Tasaka S, Tomura T, Ueno K, Yano T, Yokozawa T, Akutsu R, Han S, Irvine T, Kajita T, Kametani I, Lee KP, Mclachlan T, Okumura K, Richard E, Tashiro T, Wang R, Xia J, Bravo-Berguño D, Labarga L, Fernandez P, Blaszczyk FDM, Gustafson J, Kachulis C, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Sussman S, Wan L, Wester T, Berkman S, Tobayama S, Bian J, Carminati G, Elnimr M, Griskevich NJ, Kropp WR, Locke S, Mine S, Renshaw A, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Weatherly P, Hartfiel BL, Hill J, Keig WE, Hong N, Kim JY, Lim IT, Park RG, Akiri T, Bodur B, Himmel A, Li Z, O’sullivan E, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Wongjirad T, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Gonin M, Imber J, Mueller TA, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T. Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector. Physical Review D. 2020 Oct 9;102(7).

Published In

Physical Review D

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072002

EISSN

2470-0029

ISSN

2470-0010

Publication Date

October 9, 2020

Volume

102

Issue

7