Signatures of Ultralight Dark Matter in Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2021-05-05 v2
Abstract
We study how neutrino oscillations could probe the existence of ultralight bosonic dark matter. Three distinct signatures on neutrino oscillations are identified, depending on the mass of the dark matter and the specific experimental setup. These are time modulation signals, oscillation probability distortions due to fast modulations, and fast varying matter effects. We provide all the necessary information to perform a bottom-up, model-independent experimental analysis to probe such scenarios. Using the future DUNE experiment as an example, we estimate its sensitivity to ultralight scalar dark matter. Our results could be easily used by any other oscillation experiment.
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@article{arxiv.2007.03590,
title = {Signatures of Ultralight Dark Matter in Neutrino Oscillation Experiments},
author = {Abhish Dev and Pedro A. N. Machado and Pablo Martínez-Miravé},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.03590},
year = {2021}
}
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25 pages, 9 figures