Indirect Dark Matter Detection in the Light of Sterile Neutrinos
arXiv:1202.2869 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/05/002
Abstract
The recent global fit of short baseline neutrino oscillation data favors the presence of one (or more) sterile neutrino state which leads to new mass splitting Δm^2 ~1 eV^2. We consider the effect of this new states on the evolution of neutrinos from the dark matter annihilation inside the Sun. We show that neutrinos with energy E_ν> 100 GeV undergo resonant active-sterile oscillation which depletes the flux of neutrinos arriving at the Earth. As an example of this effect, we present the oscillation probabilities for the case of monochromatic neutrinos from the direct annihilation of dark matter particles to neutrinos and the depletion due to the presence of sterile neutrinos.
13 pages, 8 figures, matches the published version
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