$\nu$ limits from Super-Kamiokande on dark matter-electron scattering in the Sun
Abstract
Particle dark matter scattering on electrons in the Sun may gravitationally capture and self-annihilate inside it to neutrinos and anti-neutrinos, or other final states that in turn decay to them. Using up-to-date measurements by Super-Kamiokande of the fluxes of atmospheric electron-type and muon-type neutrinos, we set the most stringent limits on the electron scattering cross sections of dark matter down to about cm over a mass range of 4200 GeV. These outdo direct searches for dark matter-electron scattering and previously set limits at IceCube. We also derive corresponding reaches at Hyper-K, and show that atmospheric neutrino observations restricted to the direction of the Sun can improve sensitivities.
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@article{arxiv.2503.07713,
title = {$\nu$ limits from Super-Kamiokande on dark matter-electron scattering in the Sun},
author = {Dhashin Krishna and Rinchen Sherpa and Akash Kumar Saha and Tarak Nath Maity and Ranjan Laha and Nirmal Raj},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.07713},
year = {2025}
}
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10 pages, 3 figures. Comments are welcome