Neutrino and Axion Astronomy with Dark Matter Experiments

Abstract

Sensitive dark matter (DM) experiments can be well exploited beyond their designated targets, allowing to explore a breadth of physics topics. As we discuss, future large direct DM detection experiments constitute impressive telescopes, complementary to conventional neutrino detectors. This opens a new window into neutrino astronomy, including puzzles such as the origin of supermassive black holes and topics like supernova forecast. Furthermore, DM experiments can act as effective instruments for multimessenger astronomy. This is well illustrated by exploration of relativistic axions from transient astrophysical sources (e.g. axion star explosions), providing novel signatures as well as possible insights into the axion potential.

5 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2021), 30 August - 3 September 2021, Valencia, Spain - Online