Dodelson-Widrow Mechanism In the Presence of Self-Interacting Neutrinos

by Dr Manibrata Sen (UC Berkeley and Northwestern U.)

Tuesday 13 Apr 2021, 10:00 → 11:00 Asia/Seoul

Title: Dodelson-Widrow Mechanism In the Presence of Self-Interacting Neutrinos

Speaker: Dr. Manibrata Sen (UC Berkeley and Northwestern U.)

Abstract: keV-scale gauge-singlet fermions, allowed to mix with the active neutrinos, are elegant dark matter (DM) candidates. They are produced in the early universe via the Dodelson-Widrow mechanism and can be detected as they decay very slowly, emitting X-rays. In the absence of new physics, this hypothesis is virtually ruled out by astrophysical observations. Here, we show that new interactions among the active neutrinos allow these sterile neutrinos to make up all the DM while safely evading all current experimental bounds. The existence of these new neutrino interactions may manifest itself in next-generation experiments, including DUNE.

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