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Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Adila Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Allekotte, Kévin Almeida Cheminant, A. Almela, Roberto Aloisio, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra, Gioacchino Alex Anastasi, L. Anchordoqui, Belén Andrada, S. Andringa, L. Apollonio, C. Aramo, P. R. Araújo Ferreira, Enrico Arnone, J. C. Arteaga Velázquez, P. Assis, Gualberto Avila, Emanuele Avocone, Alena Bakalová, F. Barbato, Adriel Bartz Mocellin, J. A. Bellido, C. Berat, M. E. Bertaina, Gopal Bhatta, Marta Bianciotto, Peter L. Biermann, Virginia Binet, K. Bismark, Teresa Bister, Jonathan Biteau, Jiří Blažek, C. Bleve, J. Blümer, M. Boháčová, Denise Boncioli, C. Bonifazi, L. Bonneau Arbeletche, Nataliia Borodai, J. Brack, P. G. Brichetto Orchera, F. L. Briechle, A. Bueno, S. Buitink, M. Buscemi, M. Büsken, Anthony Bwembya, K. S. Caballero‐Mora, S. Cabana-Freire, L. Caccianiga, F. Campuzano, R. Caruso, A. Castellina, Fernando Catalani, G. Cataldi, Lorenzo Cazon, M. Cerda, A. Cermenati, J. A. Chinellato, J. Chudoba, L. Chytka, R. W. Clay, Agustín Cobos Cerutti, R. Colalillo, M. R. Coluccia, R. Conceição, A. Condorelli, G. Consolati, Matteo Conte, Fabio Convenga, D. Correia dos Santos, Pedro J. Costa, C. E. Covault, M. Cristinziani, Carlo Salvattore Cruz Sanchez, S. Dasso, K. Daumiller, B. R. Dawson, R. M. de Almeida, J. de Jesús, S. J. de Jong, I. De Mitri, J. de Oliveira, Danelise de Oliveira Franco, V. de Souza, Beatriz de Errico, E. De Vito, Antonino Del Popolo, Olivier Deligny, N. Denner, L. Deval, Armando di Matteo, M. Dobre, C. Dobrigkeit, J. C. D’Olivo, Luis Miguel Domingues Mendes, Qader Dorosti, J. C. dos Anjos, R. C. dos Anjos, Jan Ebr, Fiona H. Ellwanger, M. Emam, R. Engel, Italo Epicoco, M. Erdmann, A. Etchegoyen, Carmelo Evoli, H. Falcke, G. Farrar, A. C. Fauth, N. Fazzini, F. Feldbusch, Francesco Fenu, Alexandra Fernandes, B. Fick, J. M. Figueira, A. Filipčič, T. Fitoussi, Benjamin Flaggs, Antonio Franco, Toshihiro Fujii, A. Fuster, C. Galea, Claudio Galelli, B. Garćıa, Chloé Gaudu, H. Gemmeke, F. Gesualdi, A. Gherghel‐Lascu, P. L. Ghia, U. Giaccari, Jonas Glombitza, F. Gobbi, Fernando Gollan, G. Golup, M. Gómez Berisso, P. F. Gómez Vitale, J. P. Gongora, J. M. González, N. González, D. Góra, A. Gorgi, F. Guarino, T. D. Grubb, G. P. Guedes, Eleonora Guido, Lukas Gülzow, Steffen Hahn, P. Hamal, M. R. Hampel, P. Hansen, Diego Harari, Violet M. Harvey, A. Haungs, T. Hebbeker, C. Hojvat, J.R. Hörandel, Pavel Horváth, M. Hrabovský, T. Huege, A. Insolia, Paula Gina Isar, P. Janeček, Vlastimil Jílek, J. A. Johnsen, Jakub Jurýšek, K.‐H. Kampert, B. Keilhauer, A. Khakurdikar, Varada Varma Kizakke Covilakam, H. O. Klages, M. Kleifges, F. Knapp, J. Köhler, N. Kunka, Bruno L. Lago, Niklas Langner, M. A. Leigui de Oliveira, Yago Lema-Capeans, A. Letessier-Selvon, I. Lhenry-Yvon, L. Lopes, L. Lu, Q. Luce, Jon Paul Lundquist, A. Machado Payeras, M. Majercakova, Dušan Mandát, Bradley C. Manning, P. Mantsch, F. M. Mariani, I. C. Mariş, G. Marsella, D. Martello, S. 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Bibliographic record
VenuePhysical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2024
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Canadian institutionsInstitute of Particle Physics
FundersColegiul Consultativ pentru Cercetare-Dezvoltare şi InovareInstitut Lagrange de ParisInstitut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des ParticulesInstituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareAgencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y TecnológicaFundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaHelmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle PhysicsDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekBundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und ForschungIstituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareJavna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RSVlaamse regeringJunta de AndalucíaHelmholtz-GemeinschaftStrongXunta de GaliciaMinisterio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de EspañaMinisterium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-WestfalenUniversité Paris-SaclayFinanciadora de Estudos e ProjetosUnitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si InovariiAustralian Research CouncilMinistério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e ComunicaçõesIstituto Nazionale di AstrofisicaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueU.S. Department of EnergyFundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de JaneiroConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoFonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRSNarodowe Centrum NaukiConseil Régional, Île-de-FranceMinisterium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-WürttembergFonds Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekGrantová Agentura České RepublikyConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasMinisterio de Economía y CompetitividadMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyBundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungDirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMinistry of Education and Science of the Russian FederationConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione InternazionaleComisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y TecnológicaGrainger FoundationAgence Nationale de la RechercheMinistero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della RicercaMarie CurieFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationConsellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, Xunta de GaliciaMinisterul Cercetării, Inovării şi DigitalizăriiCorporation for National and Community ServiceNational Science Foundation
KeywordsPhysicsNeutrinoDark matterSterile neutrinoPierre Auger ObservatoryParticle physicsMetastabilityObservatoryStandard Model (mathematical formulation)Nuclear physicsPhotonCoupling (piping)AugerHidden sectorParticle (ecology)AstrophysicsAtomic physicsNeutrino oscillation
Abstract
Dark matter particles could be superheavy, provided their lifetime is much longer than the age of the Universe. Using the sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory to ultrahigh energy neutrinos and photons, we constrain a specific extension of the Standard Model of particle physics that meets the lifetime requirement for a superheavy particle by coupling it to a sector of ultralight sterile neutrinos. Our results show that, for a typical dark coupling constant of 0.1, the mixing angle θ m between active and sterile neutrinos must satisfy, roughly, θ m ≲ 1.5 × 10 − 6 ( M X / 10 9 GeV ) − 2 for a mass M X of the dark-matter particle between 10 8 GeV and 10 11 GeV . Published by the American Physical Society 2024
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.004
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.013
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
Opus teacher head0.016
GPT teacher head0.355
Teacher spread0.338 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation status
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".
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Citations4
Published2024
Admission routes1
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