Title
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
Date Issued
01 October 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abed Abud A.
Abi B.
Acciarri R.
Acero M.A.
Adames M.R.
Adamov G.
Adams D.
Adinolfi M.
Aduszkiewicz A.
Aguilar J.
Ahmad Z.
Ahmed J.
Ali-Mohammadzadeh B.
Alion T.
Allison K.
Alonso Monsalve S.
Alrashed M.
Alt C.
Alton A.
Amedo P.
Anderson J.
Andreopoulos C.
Andreotti M.
Andrews M.P.
Andrianala F.
Andringa S.
Anfimov N.
Ankowski A.
Antoniassi M.
Antonova M.
Antoshkin A.
Antusch S.
Aranda-Fernandez A.
Ariga A.
Arnold L.O.
Arroyave M.A.
Asaadi J.
Asquith L.
Aurisano A.
Aushev V.
Autiero D.
Ayala-Torres M.
Azfar F.
Back A.
Back H.
Back J.J.
Backhouse C.
Baesso P.
Bagaturia I.
Bagby L.
Balashov N.
Balasubramanian S.
Baldi P.
Baller B.
Bambah B.
Barao F.
Barenboim G.
Barker G.J.
Barkhouse W.
Barnes C.
Barr G.
Barranco Monarca J.
Barros A.
Barros N.
Barrow J.L.
Basharina-Freshville A.
Bashyal A.
Basque V.
Belchior E.
Battat J.B.R.
Battisti F.
Bay F.
Beacom J.F.
Bechetoille E.
Behera B.
Bellantoni L.
Bellettini G.
Bellini V.
Beltramello O.
Belver D.
Benekos N.
Benitez Montiel C.
Bento Neves F.
Berger J.
Berkman S.
Bernardini P.
Berner R.M.
Berns H.
Bertolucci S.
Betancourt M.
Betancur Rodríguez A.
Bevan A.
Bezerra T.J.C.
Bhatnagar V.
Bhattacharjee M.
Bhuller S.
Bhuyan B.
Biagi S.
Bian J.
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Publisher(s)
IOP Publishing Ltd
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.
Volume
2021
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85119367565
Source
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ISSN of the container
14757516
Sources of information:
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