IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection
Abstract For a class of macroscopic dark matter models, inelastic scattering of dark matter off a nucleus can generate electromagnetic signatures with GeV-scale energy. The IceCube detector, with its kilometer-scale size, is ideal for directly detecting such inelastic scattering. Based on the slow p...
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| description | Abstract For a class of macroscopic dark matter models, inelastic scattering of dark matter off a nucleus can generate electromagnetic signatures with GeV-scale energy. The IceCube detector, with its kilometer-scale size, is ideal for directly detecting such inelastic scattering. Based on the slow particle trigger for the DeepCore detector, we perform a detailed signal and background simulation to estimate the discovery potential. For order 1 GeV deposited energy in each interaction, we find that IceCube can probe the dark matter masses up to one gram. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-994e84af1576497b94ae17aeee7f32162023-03-22T10:16:41ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792022-11-0120221111810.1007/JHEP11(2022)079IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detectionYang Bai0Joshua Berger1Mrunal Korwar2Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-MadisonColorado State UniversityDepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstract For a class of macroscopic dark matter models, inelastic scattering of dark matter off a nucleus can generate electromagnetic signatures with GeV-scale energy. The IceCube detector, with its kilometer-scale size, is ideal for directly detecting such inelastic scattering. Based on the slow particle trigger for the DeepCore detector, we perform a detailed signal and background simulation to estimate the discovery potential. For order 1 GeV deposited energy in each interaction, we find that IceCube can probe the dark matter masses up to one gram.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2022)079Models for Dark MatterParticle Nature of Dark Matter |
| spellingShingle | Yang Bai Joshua Berger Mrunal Korwar IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection Journal of High Energy Physics Models for Dark Matter Particle Nature of Dark Matter |
| title | IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| title_full | IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| title_fullStr | IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| title_full_unstemmed | IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| title_short | IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| title_sort | icecube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection |
| topic | Models for Dark Matter Particle Nature of Dark Matter |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2022)079 |
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