Constraining light dark matter upscattered by ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays
arXiv:2009.00353 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2021.115470
Abstract
Light halo dark matter (DM) particles upscattered by high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) can be energetic, and become detectable by conventional direct detection experiments. The current constraints derived from space-based direct CR measurements can reach for a constant DM-nucleon scattering cross section. We show that if the CR energy spectrum follows a power law of type , the derived constraints on the scattering cross section will be highly insensitive to DM particle mass. This suggests that ultrahigh-energy CRs (UHECRs) indirectly measured by ground-based detectors can be used to place constraints on ultralight DM particles, as is a very good approximation of the UHECR energy spectrum up to energy . Using the recent UHECR flux data, we show that the current constraints derived from space-based CR measurements can in principle be extended to ultralight DM particles far below eV scale.
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