Search for Boosted Dark Matter Interacting with Electrons in Super-Kamiokande

C Kachulis; K Abe; C Bronner; Y Hayato; M Ikeda; K Iyogi; J Kameda; Y Kato; Y Kishimoto; Ll Marti; M Miura; S Moriyama; M Nakahata; Y Nakano; S Nakayama; Y Okajima; A Orii; G Pronost; H Sekiya; M Shiozawa; Y Sonoda; A Takeda; A Takenaka; H Tanaka; S Tasaka; T Tomura; R Akutsu; T Kajita; K Kaneyuki; Y Nishimura; K Okumura; K M Tsui; L Labarga; P Fernandez; F D M Blaszczyk; J Gustafson; E Kearns; J L Raaf; J L Stone; L R Sulak; S Berkman; S Tobayama; M Goldhaber; M Elnimr; W R Kropp; S Mine; S Locke; P Weatherly; M B Smy; H W Sobel; V Takhistov; K S Ganezer; J Hill; J Y Kim; I T Lim; R G Park; A Himmel; Z Li; E O'Sullivan; K Scholberg; C W Walter; T Ishizuka; T Nakamura; J S Jang; K Choi; J G Learned; S Matsuno; S N Smith; J Amey; R P Litchfield; W Y Ma; Y Uchida; M O Wascko; S Cao; M Friend; T Hasegawa; T Ishida; T Ishii; T Kobayashi; T Nakadaira; K Nakamura; Y Oyama; K Sakashita; T Sekiguchi; T Tsukamoto; K E Abe; M Hasegawa; A T Suzuki; Y Takeuchi; T Yano; T Hayashino; T Hiraki; S Hirota; K Huang; M Jiang; K E Nakamura; T Nakaya; B Quilain; N D Patel; R A Wendell; L H V Anthony; N McCauley; A Pritchard; Y Fukuda; Y Itow; M Murase; F Muto; P Mijakowski; K Frankiewicz; C K Jung; X Li; J L Palomino; G Santucci; C Vilela; M J Wilking; C Yanagisawa; S Ito; D Fukuda; H Ishino; A Kibayashi; Y Koshio; H Nagata; M Sakuda; C Xu; Y Kuno; D Wark; F Di Lodovico; B Richards; R Tacik; S B Kim; A Cole; L Thompson; H Okazawa; Y Choi; K Ito; K Nishijima; M Koshiba; Y Totsuka; Y Suda; M Yokoyama; R G Calland; M Hartz; K Martens; C Simpson; Y Suzuki; M R Vagins; D Hamabe; M Kuze; T Yoshida; M Ishitsuka; J F Martin; C M Nantais; H A Tanaka; A Konaka; S Chen; L Wan; Y Zhang; R J Wilkes; A Minamino; Super-Kamiokande Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221301

Search for Boosted Dark Matter Interacting with Electrons in Super-Kamiokande

Phys Rev Lett. 2018 Jun 1;120(22):221301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221301.

Authors

C Kachulis¹, K Abe^{2

3}, C Bronner², Y Hayato^{2

3}, M Ikeda², K Iyogi², J Kameda^{2

3}, Y Kato², Y Kishimoto^{2

3}, Ll Marti², M Miura^{2

3}, S Moriyama^{2

3}, M Nakahata^{2

3}, Y Nakano², S Nakayama^{2

3}, Y Okajima², A Orii², G Pronost², H Sekiya^{2

3}, M Shiozawa^{2

3}, Y Sonoda², A Takeda^{2

3}, A Takenaka², H Tanaka², S Tasaka², T Tomura^{2

3}, R Akutsu⁴, T Kajita^{4

3}, K Kaneyuki^{4

3}, Y Nishimura⁴, K Okumura^{4

3}, K M Tsui⁴, L Labarga⁵, P Fernandez⁵, F D M Blaszczyk¹, J Gustafson¹, E Kearns^{1

3}, J L Raaf¹, J L Stone^{1

3}, L R Sulak¹, S Berkman⁶, S Tobayama⁶, M Goldhaber⁷, M Elnimr⁸, W R Kropp⁸, S Mine⁸, S Locke⁸, P Weatherly⁸, M B Smy^{8

3}, H W Sobel^{8

3}, V Takhistov⁸, K S Ganezer⁹, J Hill⁹, J Y Kim¹⁰, I T Lim¹⁰, R G Park¹⁰, A Himmel¹¹, Z Li¹¹, E O'Sullivan¹¹, K Scholberg^{11

3}, C W Walter^{11

3}, T Ishizuka¹², T Nakamura¹³, J S Jang¹⁴, K Choi¹⁵, J G Learned¹⁵, S Matsuno¹⁵, S N Smith¹⁵, J Amey¹⁶, R P Litchfield¹⁶, W Y Ma¹⁶, Y Uchida¹⁶, M O Wascko¹⁶, S Cao¹⁷, M Friend¹⁷, T Hasegawa¹⁷, T Ishida¹⁷, T Ishii¹⁷, T Kobayashi¹⁷, T Nakadaira¹⁷, K Nakamura^{17

3}, Y Oyama¹⁷, K Sakashita¹⁷, T Sekiguchi¹⁷, T Tsukamoto¹⁷, K E Abe¹⁸, M Hasegawa¹⁸, A T Suzuki¹⁸, Y Takeuchi^{18

3}, T Yano¹⁸, T Hayashino¹⁹, T Hiraki¹⁹, S Hirota¹⁹, K Huang¹⁹, M Jiang¹⁹, K E Nakamura¹⁹, T Nakaya^{19

3}, B Quilain¹⁹, N D Patel¹⁹, R A Wendell^{19

3}, L H V Anthony²⁰, N McCauley²⁰, A Pritchard²⁰, Y Fukuda²¹, Y Itow^{22

23}, M Murase²², F Muto²², P Mijakowski²⁴, K Frankiewicz²⁴, C K Jung²⁵, X Li²⁵, J L Palomino²⁵, G Santucci²⁵, C Vilela²⁵, M J Wilking²⁵, C Yanagisawa²⁵, S Ito²⁶, D Fukuda²⁶, H Ishino²⁶, A Kibayashi²⁶, Y Koshio^{26

3}, H Nagata²⁶, M Sakuda²⁶, C Xu²⁶, Y Kuno²⁷, D Wark^{28

29}, F Di Lodovico³⁰, B Richards³⁰, R Tacik^{31

32}, S B Kim³³, A Cole³⁴, L Thompson³⁴, H Okazawa³⁵, Y Choi³⁶, K Ito³⁷, K Nishijima³⁷, M Koshiba³⁸, Y Totsuka³⁸, Y Suda³⁹, M Yokoyama^{39

3}, R G Calland³, M Hartz³, K Martens³, C Simpson^{28

3}, Y Suzuki³, M R Vagins^{8

3}, D Hamabe⁴⁰, M Kuze⁴⁰, T Yoshida⁴⁰, M Ishitsuka⁴¹, J F Martin⁴², C M Nantais⁴², H A Tanaka⁴², A Konaka³², S Chen⁴³, L Wan⁴³, Y Zhang⁴³, R J Wilkes⁴⁴, A Minamino⁴⁵; Super-Kamiokande Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
² Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan.
³ Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan.
⁴ Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan.
⁵ Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z4, Canada.
⁷ Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
⁸ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA.
⁹ Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea.
¹¹ Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
¹² Junior College, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan.
¹³ Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
¹⁴ GIST College, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea.
¹⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
¹⁹ Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
²⁰ Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom.
²¹ Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan.
²² Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan.
²³ Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan.
²⁴ National Centre For Nuclear Research, Warsaw 00-681, Poland.
²⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA.
²⁶ Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
²⁷ Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
²⁸ Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.
²⁹ STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
³⁰ School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
³¹ Department of Physics, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan S4SOA2, Canada.
³² TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada.
³³ Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
³⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
³⁵ Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka 425-8611, Japan.
³⁶ Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
³⁷ Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
³⁸ The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
³⁹ Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
⁴⁰ Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
⁴¹ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
⁴² Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada.
⁴³ Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
⁴⁴ Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA.
⁴⁵ Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.

PMID: 29906152
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221301

Abstract

A search for boosted dark matter using 161.9 kt yr of Super-Kamiokande IV data is presented. We search for an excess of elastically scattered electrons above the atmospheric neutrino background, with a visible energy between 100 MeV and 1 TeV, pointing back to the Galactic center or the Sun. No such excess is observed. Limits on boosted dark matter event rates in multiple angular cones around the Galactic center and Sun are calculated. Limits are also calculated for a baseline model of boosted dark matter produced from cold dark matter annihilation or decay. This is the first experimental search for boosted dark matter from the Galactic center or the Sun interacting in a terrestrial detector.