A Strong Test of the Dark Matter Origin of the 1.4 TeV DAMPE Signal Using IceCube Neutrinos [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1712.03210


A tentative excess in the electron spectrum at 1.4 TeV was recently reported by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE). A non-astrophysical scenario in which dark matter particles annihilate or decay in a local clump has been invoked to explain the excess. If $e^\pm$ annihilation channels in the final states are mediated by left-handed leptons as a component in the $SU(2)_L$ doublet, neutrinos with similar energies should have been simultaneously produced. We demonstrate that generic dark matter models can be decisively tested by the existing IceCube data. In case of a non-detection, such models would be excluded at the $5\sigma$ level by the five-year data for a point-like source and by the ten-year data for an extended source of dark matter particles with left-handed leptons.

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Y. Zhao, K. Fang, M. Su, et. al.
Mon, 11 Dec 17
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Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures