Upward muon signals at neutrino detectors as a probe of dark matter properties
arXiv:0905.2075 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.06.014
Abstract
We study upward muon flux at neutrino detectors such as Super-Kamiokande resulting from high-energy neutrinos produced by the dark matter annihilation/decay at the Galactic center. In particular, we distinguish showering and non-showering muons as their energy loss processes inside the detector, and show that this information is useful for discriminating dark matter models.
7 pages, 6 figures; minor correction, to appear in PLB