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Aug 26 – 30, 2024
University of Chicago
America/Chicago timezone

Constraints on Heavy Asymmetric and Symmetric Dark Matter from the Glashow Resonance

Aug 28, 2024, 4:15 PM
15m
401 (ERC)

401

ERC

Speaker

Qinrui Liu (Queen's University)

Description

The decay of asymmetric dark matter (ADM) can lead to distinct neutrino signatures characterized by an asymmetry between neutrinos and antineutrinos. In the high-energy regime, the Glashow resonant interaction $\bar{\nu}_{e} + e^{-} \rightarrow W^{-}$ yields an increase in sensitivity to the neutrino flux, and stands out as the only way of discerning the antineutrino component in the diffuse high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux. This offers a unique opportunity in the search for dark matter with masses above the PeV scale. In this talk, I will discuss the neutrino signal stemming from ADM decay, the constraints on ADM lifetime with the current IceCube observation of Glashow resonance, and the projected sensitivities with the next-generation neutrino telescopes. I will also show the improvement in the constraints on symmetric dark matter decay due to the Glashow Resonance.

Primary authors

Qinrui Liu (Queen's University) Ningqiang Song (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Aaron Vincent (Queen's University)

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