EUSO-SPB2 sensitivity to macroscopic dark matter

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Main Authors: Paul, Thomas C., Reese, Sarah T., Anchordoqui, Luis A., Olinto, Angela V.
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Published: 2021
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author Paul, Thomas C.
Reese, Sarah T.
Anchordoqui, Luis A.
Olinto, Angela V.
author_facet Paul, Thomas C.
Reese, Sarah T.
Anchordoqui, Luis A.
Olinto, Angela V.
contents Macroscopic dark matter (or macro) provides a broad class of alternative candidates to particle dark matter. These candidates would transfer energy primarily through elastic scattering, and this linear energy deposition would produce observable signals if a macro were to traverse the atmosphere. We study the fluorescence emission produced by a macro passing through the atmosphere. We estimate the sensitivity of EUSO-SPB2 to constrain the two-dimensional parameter space ($σ$ vs. $M$), where $M$ is the macro mass and $σ$ its cross sectional area.
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spellingShingle EUSO-SPB2 sensitivity to macroscopic dark matter
Paul, Thomas C.
Reese, Sarah T.
Anchordoqui, Luis A.
Olinto, Angela V.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Macroscopic dark matter (or macro) provides a broad class of alternative candidates to particle dark matter. These candidates would transfer energy primarily through elastic scattering, and this linear energy deposition would produce observable signals if a macro were to traverse the atmosphere. We study the fluorescence emission produced by a macro passing through the atmosphere. We estimate the sensitivity of EUSO-SPB2 to constrain the two-dimensional parameter space ($σ$ vs. $M$), where $M$ is the macro mass and $σ$ its cross sectional area.
title EUSO-SPB2 sensitivity to macroscopic dark matter
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.01152