Authors

A. Abed Abud, European Organization for Nuclear Research
B. Abi, University of Oxford
R. Acciarri, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
M. A. Acero, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia
M. R. Adames, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
G. Adamov, Georgian Technical University
D. Adams, Brookhaven National Laboratory
M. Adinolfi, University of Bristol
A. Aduszkiewicz, University of Houston
J. Aguilar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Z. Ahmad, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
J. Ahmed, University of Warwick
B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh, Università degli Studi di Catania
T. Alion, University of Sussex
K. Allison, University of Colorado Boulder
S. Alonso Monsalve, European Organization for Nuclear Research
M. Alrashed, Kansas State University
C. Alt, ETH Zürich
A. Alton, Augustana University
P. Amedo, Instituto Galego de Fisica de Altas Enerxias
J. Anderson, Argonne National Laboratory
C. Andreopoulos, University of Liverpool
M. Andreotti, University of Ferrara
M. P. Andrews, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
F. Andrianala, Université d'Antananarivo
S. Andringa, Laboratório de Instrumentacao e Física Experimental de Partículas
N. Anfimov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
A. Ankowski, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
M. Antoniassi, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
M. Antonova, Universitat de València
A. Antoshkin, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
S. Antusch, Universitat Basel
A. Aranda-Fernandez, Universidad de Colima

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2021

Abstract

The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since excellent angle and energy reconstruction are necessary to detect this monoenergetic, directional neutrino flux, DUNE with its vast volume and reconstruction capabilities, is a promising candidate for a KDAR neutrino search. In this work, we evaluate the proposed KDAR neutrino search strategies by realistically modeling both neutrino-nucleus interactions and the response of DUNE. We find that, although reconstruction of the neutrino energy and direction is difficult with current techniques in the relevant energy range, the superb energy resolution, angular resolution, and particle identification offered by DUNE can still permit great signal/background discrimination. Moreover, there are non-standard scenarios in which searches at DUNE for KDAR in the Sun can probe dark matter interactions.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

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