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We present a comprehensive analysis of the interactions of neutrinos with the dark sector within the simplified model framework. We first derive the exact analytic formulas for the differential scattering cross sections of neutrinos with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-02 P. S. Bhupal Dev , Doojin Kim , Deepak Sathyan , Kuver Sinha , Yongchao Zhang

Measurements of the arrival directions of cosmic rays have not revealed their sources. High energy neutrino telescopes attempt to resolve the problem by detecting neutrinos whose directions are not scrambled by magnetic fields. The key…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Francis Halzen

A review of the recent achievements in high energy neutrino physics and, partly, neutrino astrophysics is presented. It is argued that experiments with high energy neutrinos of natural origin can be used for a search of new physics effects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. V. Bugaev

We analyze future direct data matter detection experiments using Effective Field Theory (EFT) operators with light, $\lesssim 100$ MeV mass mediators. We compare the nuclear recoil energy spectra from these operators to the predicted high…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-29 James B. Dent , Bhaskar Dutta , Jayden L. Newstead , Louis E. Strigari

We present a new technique for sub-GeV dark matter (DM) searches and a new use of neutrino observatories. DM-electron scattering in an observatory can excite or ionize target molecules, which then produce light that can be detected by the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-21 Rebecca K. Leane , John F. Beacom

As neutrinos become a significant background for projected dark matter experiments, the community will become concerned with determining if events counted in a dark matter experiment are good dark matter candidates or low-energy neutrinos…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-05-09 Nicole Hartman , Stephen Sekula

We study in this paper the possible influence of the dark energy on the detection of the dark matter particles. In models of dark energy described by a dynamical scalar field such as the Quintessence, its interaction with the dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 Peihong Gu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Zhi-Hai Lin , Xinmin Zhang

The coherent contribution of all neutrons in neutrino nucleus scattering due to the neutral current is examined considering the boron solar neutrinos. These neutrinos could potentially become a source of background in the future dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. D. Vergados , H. Ejiri

We review sterile neutrinos as possible Dark Matter candidates. After a short summary on the role of neutrinos in cosmology and particle physics, we give a comprehensive overview of the current status of the research on sterile neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-29 A. Boyarsky , M. Drewes , T. Lasserre , S. Mertens , O. Ruchayskiy

As dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments continue to improve their sensitivity they will inevitably encounter an irreducible background arising from coherent neutrino scattering. This so-called "neutrino floor" may significantly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-01 Graciela B. Gelmini , Volodymyr Takhistov , Samuel J. Witte

Dark matter capture and annihilation in the Sun can produce detectable high-energy neutrinos, providing a probe of the dark matter-proton scattering cross section. We consider the case when annihilation proceeds via long-lived dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-03 Rebecca K. Leane , Kenny C. Y. Ng , John F. Beacom

Strongly-interacting dark matter can be accumulated in large quantities inside the Earth, and for dark matter particles in a few GeV mass range, it can exist in large quantities near the Earth's surface. We investigate the constraints…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-09 Yohei Ema , Maxim Pospelov , Anupam Ray

Principle of neutralino dark matter detection with neutrino telescopes and predictions are reviewed. The future Antares detector is described. Prospection in the CMSSM is exposed including comparison with experiment sensitivities of both…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Nezri

Over the last two decades, we have intensified our search for a ghost particle, with the hope that it would provide us with information on the darkest places of our Universe. This quest has been conducted from the deep caves of the Earth,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-02 Valentin Decoene

With the advent of a new generation of neutrino experiments which leverage high-intensity neutrino beams for precision measurements, it is timely to explore physics topics beyond the standard neutrino-related physics. Given that the realm…

The proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce an intense, high-energy beam of neutrinos of all flavors, collimated in the forward direction. Recently two dedicated neutrino experiments, FASER and SND@LHC, have…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-20 Akitaka Ariga , Jamie Boyd , Felix Kling , Albert De Roeck

Solar, atmospheric and reactor neutrino experiments established that neutrinos are massive. It is quite natural then to consider neutrinos as candidate particles for explaining the dark matter in halos around galaxies. We study the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Nicolaidis

Interest in light dark matter candidates has recently increased in the literature; some of these works consider the role of additional neutrinos, either active or sterile. Furthermore, extragalactic neutrinos have been detected with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-27 O. G. Miranda , C. A. Moura , A. Parada

Neutrino telescopes provide a unique observational gateway to the high-energy universe, enabling the study of cosmic accelerators and extreme environments that remain inaccessible to the other high-energy messengers. Although they share…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Aya Ishihara

Neutron stars contain a significant number of stable muons due to the large chemical potential and degenerate electrons. This makes them the unique vessel to capture muonphilic dark matter, which does not interact with other astrophysical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-09-04 Raghuveer Garani , Julian Heeck