Published October 15, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

High energy neutrinos from superheavy dark matter annihilation

Description

Superheavy (M>1010 GeV) particles produced during inflation may be the dark matter, independent of their interaction strength. Strongly interacting superheavy particles will be captured by the Sun, and their annihilation in the center of the Sun will produce a flux of energetic neutrinos that should be detectable by neutrino telescopes. Depending on the particle mass, event rates in a cubic-kilometer detector range from several per hour to several per year. The signature of the process is a predominance of tau neutrinos, with a relatively flat energy spectrum of events ranging from 50 GeV to many TeV, and with the mean energy of detected tau neutrinos about 3 TeV

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 083504-083504.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
FG02-92-ER40699
Notes
Othernumber: PRVDAQ000064000008083504000001; 046116PRD
Funding organization
(US)