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- Bi, Xiao Jun, et al.
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Chapter 5 Dark Matter and New Physics Beyond the Standard Model with LHAASO
- 2022
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In: Chinese Physics C. - : IOP Publishing. - 1674-1137 .- 2058-6132. ; 46:3
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In order to reveal the nature of dark matter, it is crucial to detect its non-gravitational interactions with the standard model particles. The traditional dark matter searches focused on the so-called weakly interacting massive particles. However, this paradigm is strongly constrained by the null results of current experiments with high precision. Therefore there is a renewed interest of searches for heavy dark matter particles above TeV scale. The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) with large effective area and strong background rejection power is very suitable to investigate the gamma-ray signals induced by dark matter annihilation or decay above TeV scale. In this document, we review the theoretical motivations and background of heavy dark matter. We review the prospects of searching for the gamma-ray signals resulted from dark matter in the dwarf spheroidal satellites and Galactic halo for LHAASO, and present the projected sensitivities. We also review the prospects of searching for the axion-like particles, which are a kind of well motivated light pseudo-scalars, through the LHAASO measurement of the very high energy gamma-ray spectra of astrophysical sources.
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- Carenza, Pierluca, 1995-, et al.
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Comprehensive constraints on heavy sterile neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae
- 2024
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In: Physical Review D. - 2470-0010 .- 2470-0029. ; 109:6
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Sterile neutrinos with masses up to (100) MeV can be copiously produced in a supernova (SN) core through the mixing with active neutrinos. In this regard, the SN 1987A detection of neutrino events has been used to put constraints on active-sterile neutrino mixing, exploiting the well-known SN cooling argument. We refine the calculation of this limit including neutral current interactions with nucleons, which constitute the dominant channel for sterile neutrino production. We also include, for the first time, the charged current interactions between sterile neutrinos and muons, relevant for the production of sterile neutrinos mixed with muon neutrinos in the SN core. Using the recent modified luminosity criterion, we extend the bounds to the case where sterile states are trapped in the stellar core. Additionally, we study the decays of heavy sterile neutrinos, affecting the SN explosion energy and possibly producing a gamma-ray signal. We also illustrate the complementarity of our new bounds with cosmological bounds and laboratory searches.
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