Measurement of TeV dark particles due to decay of heavy dark matter in the earth core at IceCube


Abstract in English

In the present paper, it is assumed that there exist two species of dark matter: a heavy dark matter particle (HDM) with the mass of O(TeV) which is generated in early universe and a lighter dark matter particle (LDM) which is a relativistic product due to the decay of HDM. HDMs, captured by the earth, decay to high energy LDMs, and these particles can be measured by km$^3$ neutrino telescopes, like the IceCube detector. A $Z^{prime}$ portal dark matter model is taken for LDMs to interact with nuclei via a neutral current interaction mediated by a heavy gauge boson $Z^{prime}$. With the different lifetimes of decay of HDMs and Z$^{prime}$ masses, the event rates of LDMs, measured by IceCube, are evaluated in the energy range between 1 TeV and 100 TeV. According to the IceCube data, the upper limit for LDM fluxes is estimated at 90% C.L. at IceCube. Finally, it is proved that LDMs could be directly detected in the energy range betwen O(1TeV) and O(10TeV) at IceCube with $m_{Z^{prime}} lesssim 500 GeV$ and $tau_{phi} lesssim 10^{21}$ s.

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