TY - JOUR
T1 - A high-energy neutrino signature from supersymmetric relics
AU - Hagelin, John S.
AU - Ng, K. W.
AU - Olive, Keith A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank D. Burke, S. Gasiorowicz, J. LoSecco, M. Srednicki and S. Rudaz for valuable discussions. The work of K.-W.N. and K.A.O. was supported in part by DOE grant DE-AC02-83ER-40105.
PY - 1986/11/20
Y1 - 1986/11/20
N2 - We compute the energy spectrum of high-energy (0.1-10 GeV) neutrinos produced by the annihilation of supersymmetric (SUSY) cold dark matter trapped in the sun. We compare this spectrum to the spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos and find that in the direction of the sun the solar flux of neutrinos can exceed the atmospheric background for neutrino energies Eν {greater-than or approximate} 1 GeV, and are as much as a factor ∼ 30 above background for energies Eν ∼ few GeV. We discuss these signatures for standard SUSY relics as well as for superstring relics.
AB - We compute the energy spectrum of high-energy (0.1-10 GeV) neutrinos produced by the annihilation of supersymmetric (SUSY) cold dark matter trapped in the sun. We compare this spectrum to the spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos and find that in the direction of the sun the solar flux of neutrinos can exceed the atmospheric background for neutrino energies Eν {greater-than or approximate} 1 GeV, and are as much as a factor ∼ 30 above background for energies Eν ∼ few GeV. We discuss these signatures for standard SUSY relics as well as for superstring relics.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(86)91205-0
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(86)91205-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001344329
VL - 180
SP - 375
EP - 380
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4
ER -