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Raj, N.; Takhistov, V.; Witte, S.J. |
| Title |
Presupernova neutrinos in large dark matter direct detection experiments |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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101 |
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4 |
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043008 - 10pp |
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The next Galactic core-collapse supernova (SN) is a highly anticipated observational target for neutrino telescopes. However, even prior to collapse, massive dying stars shine copiously in “pre-supernova” (pre-SN) neutrinos, which can potentially act as efficient SN warning alarms and provide novel information about the very last stages of stellar evolution. We explore the sensitivity to pre-SN neutrinos of large-scale direct dark matter detection experiments, which, unlike dedicated neutrino telescopes, take full advantage of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We find that argon-based detectors with target masses of O(100)tons (i.e., comparable in size to the proposed ARGO experiment) operating at sub-keV thresholds can detect O(10-100) pre-SN neutrinos coming from a source at a characteristic distance of similar to 200 pc, such as Betelgeuse (alpha Orionis). Large-scale xenon-based experiments with similarly low thresholds could also be sensitive to pre-SN neutrinos. For a Betelgeuse-type source, large-scale dark matter experiments could provide a SN warning siren similar to 10 hours prior to the explosion. We also comment on the complementarity of large-scale direct dark matter detection experiments and neutrino telescopes in the understanding of core-collapse SN. |
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[Raj, Nirmal] TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada, Email: nraj@triumf.ca; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000513575900001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4285 |
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McDermott, S.D.; Witte, S.J. |
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Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
101 |
Issue |
6 |
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063030 - 14pp |
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Light dark photons are subject to various plasma effects, such as Debye screening and resonant oscillations, which can lead to a more complex cosmological evolution than is experienced by conventional cold dark matter candidates. Maintaining a consistent history of dark photon dark matter requires ensuring that the superthennal abundance present in the early Universe (i) does not deviate significantly after the formation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and (ii) does not excessively leak into the Standard Model plasma after big band nucleosynthesis (BBN). We point out that the role of nonresonant absorption, which has previously been neglected in cosmological studies of this dark matter candidate, produces strong constraints on dark photon dark matter with mass as low as 10(-22) eV. Furthermore, we show that resonant conversion of dark photons after recombination can produce excessive heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) which is capable of prematurely reionizing hydrogen and helium, leaving a distinct imprint on both the Ly-a forest and the integrated optical depth of the CMB. Our constraints surpass existing cosmological bounds by more than 5 orders of magnitude across a wide range of dark photon masses. |
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[McDermott, Samuel D.] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Theoret Astrophys Grp, POB 500, Batavia, IL 60510 USA |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000522168800002 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4346 |
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Escudero, M.; Witte, S.J. |
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A CMB search for the neutrino mass mechanism and its relation to the Hubble tension |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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80 |
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4 |
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294 - 10pp |
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The majoron, a pseudo-Goldstone boson arising from the spontaneous breaking of global lepton number, is a generic feature of many models intended to explain the origin of the small neutrino masses. In this work, we investigate potential imprints in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) arising from massive majorons, should they thermalize with neutrinos after Big Bang Nucleosynthesis via inverse neutrino decays. We show that Planck2018 measurements of the CMB are currently sensitive to neutrino-majoron couplings as small as lambda similar to 10-13, which if interpreted in the context of the type-I seesaw mechanism correspond to a lepton number symmetry breaking scale vL similar to O(100)GeV Additionally, we identify parameter space for which the majoron-neutrino interactions, collectively with an extra contribution to the effective number of relativistic species Neff, can ameliorate the outstanding H0 tension. |
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[Escudero, Miguel] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: miguel.escudero@kcl.ac.uk; |
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Springer |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000523450600001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4361 |
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Blas, D.; Witte, S.J. |
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Imprints of axion superradiance in the CMB |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
102 |
Issue |
10 |
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103018 - 10pp |
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Light axions (m(a) less than or similar to 10(-10) eV) can form dense clouds around rapidly rotating astrophysical black holes via a mechanism known as rotational superradiance. The coupling between axions and photons induces a parametric resonance, arising from the stimulated decay of the axion cloud, which can rapidly convert regions of large axion number densities into an enormous flux of low-energy photons. In this work we consider the phenomenological implications of a superradiant axion cloud undergoing resonant decay. We show that the low-energy photons produced from such events will be absorbed over cosmologically short distances, potentially inducing massive shockwaves that heat and ionize the intergalactic medium over Mpc scales. These shockwaves may leave observable imprints in the form of anisotropic spectral distortions or inhomogeneous features in the optical depth. |
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[Blas, Diego] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: diego.blas@kcl.ac.uk; |
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WOS:000589606900004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4609 |
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Blas, D.; Witte, S.J. |
| Title |
Quenching mechanisms of photon superradiance |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
102 |
Issue |
12 |
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123018 - 10pp |
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Rapidly rotating black holes are known to develop instabilities in the presence of a sufficiently light boson, a process which becomes efficient when the boson's Compton wavelength is roughly the size of the black hole. This phenomenon known as black hole superradiance generates an exponentially growing boson cloud at the expense of the rotational energy of the black hole. For astrophysical black holes with M similar to O(10)M-circle dot, the superradiant condition is achieved for bosons with m(b) similar to O(10(-11))eV; intriguingly, photons traversing the intergalactic medium acquire an effective mass (due to their interactions with the ambient plasma) which naturally resides in this range. The implications of photon superradiance, i.e., the evolution of the superradiant photon cloud and ambient plasma in the presence of scattering and particle production processes, have yet to be thoroughly investigated. Here, we enumerate and discuss a number of different processes capable of quenching the growth of the photon cloud, including particle interactions with the ambient electrons and backreactions on the effective mass (arising e.g., from thermal effects, pair production, ionization of the local background, and modifications to the dispersion relation from strong electric fields). This work naturally serves as a guide in understanding how interactions may allow light exotic bosons to evade superradiant constraints. |
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[Blas, Diego] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: diego.blas@kcl.ac.uk; |
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WOS:000599093100002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4666 |
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