Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Published:2024-04-08
Issue:8
Volume:109
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ISSN:2470-0010
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Container-title:Physical Review D
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Phys. Rev. D
Author:
Abdul Halim A.1, Abreu P.2, Aglietta M.34, Allekotte I.5, Almeida Cheminant K.6, Almela A.78, Aloisio R.910, Alvarez-Muñiz J.11, Ammerman Yebra J.11, Anastasi G. A.1213, Anchordoqui L.14, Andrada B.7, Andringa S.2, Apollonio L.1516, Aramo C.17, Araújo Ferreira P. R.18, Arnone E.194, Arteaga Velázquez J. C.20, Assis P.2, Avila G.21, Avocone E.2210, Bakalova A.23, Barbato F.910, Bartz Mocellin A.24, Bellido J. A.125, Berat C.26, Bertaina M. E.194, Bhatta G.6, Bianciotto M.194, Biermann P. L.27, Binet V.28, Bismark K.297, Bister T.3031, Biteau J.3233, Blazek J.23, Bleve C.26, Blümer J.34, Boháčová M.23, Boncioli D.2210, Bonifazi C.3536, Bonneau Arbeletche L.37, Borodai N.6, Brack J.38, Brichetto Orchera P. G.7, Briechle F. L.18, Bueno A.39, Buitink S.40, Buscemi M.1341, Büsken M.297, Bwembya A.3031, Caballero-Mora K. S.42, Cabana-Freire S.11, Caccianiga L.1516, Campuzano F.43, Caruso R.1213, Castellina A.34, Catalani F.44, Cataldi G.45, Cazon L.11, Cerda M.46, Cermenati A.910, Chinellato J. A.37, Chudoba J.23, Chytka L.47, Clay R. W.1, Cobos Cerutti A. C.43, Colalillo R.4817, Coluccia M. R.45, Conceição R.2, Condorelli A.32, Consolati G.1649, Conte M.5045, Convenga F.2210, Correia dos Santos D.51, Costa P. J.2, Covault C. E.52, Cristinziani M.53, Cruz Sanchez C. S.54, Dasso S.5556, Daumiller K.34, Dawson B. R.1, de Almeida R. M.51, de Jesús J.734, de Jong S. J.3031, de Mello Neto J. R. T.3657, De Mitri I.910, de Oliveira J.58, de Oliveira Franco D.45, de Palma F.5045, de Souza V.59, de Souza de Errico B. P.36, De Vito E.5045, Del Popolo A.1213, Deligny O.60ORCID, Denner N.23, Deval L.347, di Matteo A.4, Dobre M.61, Dobrigkeit C.37, D’Olivo J. C.62, Domingues Mendes L. M.263, Dorosti Q.53, dos Anjos J. C.63, dos Anjos R. C.64, Ebr J.23, Ellwanger F.34, Emam M.3031, Engel R.2934, Epicoco I.5045, Erdmann M.18, Etchegoyen A.78, Evoli C.910, Falcke H.306531, Farrar G.66, Fauth A. C.37, Fazzini N.67, Feldbusch F.68, Fenu F.3469, Fernandes A.2, Fick B.70, Figueira J. M.7, Filipčič A.7172, Fitoussi T.34, Flaggs B.73, Fodran T.30, Fujii T.7475, Fuster A.78, Galea C.30, Galelli C.1516, García B.43, Gaudu C.76, Gemmeke H.68, Gesualdi F.734, Gherghel-Lascu A.61, Ghia P. L.60, Giaccari U.45, Glombitza J.1877, Gobbi F.46, Gollan F.7, Golup G.5, Gómez Berisso M.5, Gómez Vitale P. F.21, Gongora J. P.21, González J. M.5, González N.7, Góra D.6, Gorgi A.34, Gottowik M.11, Grubb T. D.1, Guarino F.4817, Guedes G. P.78, Guido E.53, Gülzow L.34, Hahn S.29, Hamal P.23, Hampel M. R.7, Hansen P.54, Harari D.5, Harvey V. M.1, Haungs A.34, Hebbeker T.18, Hojvat C.67, Hörandel J. R.3031, Horvath P.47, Hrabovský M.47, Huege T.3440, Insolia A.1213, Isar P. G.79, Janecek P.23, Jilek V.23, Johnsen J. 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Affiliation:
1. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A., Australia 2. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas—LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico—IST, Universidade de Lisboa—UL, Lisbon, Portugal 3. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy 4. INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy 5. Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 6. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland 7. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina 8. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional—Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 9. Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy 10. INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy 11. Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 12. Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Catania, Italy 13. INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy 14. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA 15. Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan, Italy 16. INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy 17. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy 18. RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany 19. Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Torino, Italy 20. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico 21. Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina 22. Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, L’Aquila, Italy 23. Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic 24. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA 25. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Formales, Arequipa, Peru 26. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France 27. Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany 28. Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)—CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina 29. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Experimental Particle Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany 30. IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 31. Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 32. Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France 33. Institut universitaire de France (IUF), France 34. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany 35. International Center of Advanced Studies and Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, ECyT-UNSAM and CONICET, Campus Miguelete—San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina 36. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 37. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil 38. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 39. Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain 40. Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 41. Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica “E. Segrè”, Palermo, Italy 42. Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico 43. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional—Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina 44. Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil 45. INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce, Italy 46. Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina 47. Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic 48. Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, Naples, Italy 49. Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Milan, Italy 50. Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Lecce, Italy 51. Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 52. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 53. Universität Siegen, Department Physik—Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany 54. IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina 55. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina 56. Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina 57. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Observatório do Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 58. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ), Brazil 59. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil 60. CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France 61. “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 62. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico 63. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 64. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Palotina, Brazil 65. Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands 66. New York University, New York, New York, USA 67. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA 68. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany 69. now at Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI). Via del Politecnico 00133, Rome, Italy 70. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA 71. Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 72. Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology (CAC), University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 73. University of Delaware, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, Newark, Delaware, USA 74. University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA 75. now at Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan 76. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Wuppertal, Germany 77. ECAP, Erlangen, Germany 78. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil 79. Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 80. Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Petropolis, Brazil 81. Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil 82. Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France 83. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics and WIPAC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 84. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium 85. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico 86. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 87. Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Dipartimento di Fisica, Rome, Italy 88. INFN, Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy 89. Laboratorio Atmósfera—Departamento de Investigaciones en Láseres y sus Aplicaciones—UNIDEF (CITEDEF-CONICET), Argentina 90. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic 91. Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia 92. Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico 93. Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Campina Grande, Brazil 94. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, Brazil 95. Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany 96. also at Kapteyn Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 97. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy 98. also at University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania 99. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA 100. University of Łódź, Faculty of High-Energy Astrophysics, Łódź, Poland 101. Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia 102. Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 103. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Abstract
Dark matter particles could be superheavy, provided their lifetime is much longer than the age of the Universe. Using the sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory to ultrahigh energy neutrinos and photons, we constrain a specific extension of the Standard Model of particle physics that meets the lifetime requirement for a superheavy particle by coupling it to a sector of ultralight sterile neutrinos. Our results show that, for a typical dark coupling constant of 0.1, the mixing angle θm between active and sterile neutrinos must satisfy, roughly, θm≲1.5×10−6(MX/109 GeV)−2 for a mass MX of the dark-matter particle between 108 GeV and 1011 GeV.
Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Funder
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Australian Research Council Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações Grantová Agentura České Republiky Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Conseil Régional Ile-de-France Institut Lagrange de Paris Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Narodowe Centrum Nauki Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ministerul Cercetării, Inovării şi Digitalizării Corporation for National and Community Service Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia Junta de Andalucía U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation Grainger Foundation Marie Curie United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Université Paris-Saclay Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire Investissements d’Avenir Programme Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg
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American Physical Society (APS)
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