Published January 21, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Detecting electron neutrinos from solar dark matter annihilation by JUNO

Creators

  • 1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,P.O. Box 918, Beijing 100049 (China)

Description

We explore the electron neutrino signals from light dark matter (DM) annihilation in the Sun for the large liquid scintillator detector JUNO. In terms of the spectrum features of three typical DM annihilation channels χχ→νν-bar,τ+τ,bb-bar, we take two sets of selection conditions to calculate the expected signals and atmospheric neutrino backgrounds based on the Monte Carlo simulation data. Then the JUNO sensitivities to the spin independent DM-nucleon and spin dependent DM-proton cross sections are presented. It is found that the JUNO projected sensitivities are much better than the current spin dependent direct detection experimental limits for the νν-bar and τ+τ channels. In the spin independent case, the JUNO will give the better sensitivity to the DM-nucleon cross section than the LUX and CDMSlite limits for the νν-bar channel with the DM mass lighter than 6.5 GeV. If the νν-bar or τ+τ channel is dominant, the future JUNO results are very helpful for us to understand the tension between the DAMA annual modulation signal and other direct detection exclusions

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/039; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/13564

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
01
Journal Page Range
p. 39
ISSN
1475-7516

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Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP01(2016)039; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:13564
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)