The Dark Matter Diffused Supernova Neutrino Background
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| author | Chauhan, Garv Gustafson, R. Andrew Herrera, Gonzalo Johnson, Taj Shoemaker, Ian |
| author_facet | Chauhan, Garv Gustafson, R. Andrew Herrera, Gonzalo Johnson, Taj Shoemaker, Ian |
| contents | We consider neutrinos scattering off Milky Way dark matter and the impact of this scattering on supernovae neutrinos. This can take the form of attenuation on the initial flux of neutrinos and a time-delayed flux of scattered neutrinos. Considering dark matter masses above 100 MeV and past Milky Way supernovae, we find this time-delayed flux is nearly constant in time. We call this flux the Dark Matter Diffused Supernova Neutrino Background (DMDSNB), and use Super-K limits on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) flux to set limits on the dark matter-neutrino scattering cross section. We find $σ_{\rm DM-ν}/m_{\rm DM} \lesssim 2.4 \times 10^{-24} \mathrm{cm^2}$/GeV for $m_{\rm DM} \gtrsim 1$ GeV, which is the strongest bound to date on dark matter-neutrino scatterings at MeV energies, and stronger than bounds set from SN1987A neutrino attenuation by an order of magnitude. We end by discussing how the DMDSNB could be distinguished from the DSNB. |
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| spellingShingle | The Dark Matter Diffused Supernova Neutrino Background Chauhan, Garv Gustafson, R. Andrew Herrera, Gonzalo Johnson, Taj Shoemaker, Ian High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory We consider neutrinos scattering off Milky Way dark matter and the impact of this scattering on supernovae neutrinos. This can take the form of attenuation on the initial flux of neutrinos and a time-delayed flux of scattered neutrinos. Considering dark matter masses above 100 MeV and past Milky Way supernovae, we find this time-delayed flux is nearly constant in time. We call this flux the Dark Matter Diffused Supernova Neutrino Background (DMDSNB), and use Super-K limits on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) flux to set limits on the dark matter-neutrino scattering cross section. We find $σ_{\rm DM-ν}/m_{\rm DM} \lesssim 2.4 \times 10^{-24} \mathrm{cm^2}$/GeV for $m_{\rm DM} \gtrsim 1$ GeV, which is the strongest bound to date on dark matter-neutrino scatterings at MeV energies, and stronger than bounds set from SN1987A neutrino attenuation by an order of magnitude. We end by discussing how the DMDSNB could be distinguished from the DSNB. |
| title | The Dark Matter Diffused Supernova Neutrino Background |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03882 |