The Sensitivity Floor for Primordial Black Holes with Neutrino Searches

Author:

Qishan Liu, Kenny C. Y. Ng

Keyword:

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

journal:

date:

2023-12-11 00:00:00

Abstract

Primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the early Universe are well-motivated dark matter (DM) candidates over a wide range of masses. These PBHs could emit detectable signals in the form of photons, electrons, and neutrinos through Hawking radiation. We consider the null observations of astrophysical $\bar{\nu}_{e}$ flux from several neutrino detectors and set new constraints on the PBHs as the dominant DM component to be above $6.4\times10^{15}\,{\rm g}$. We also estimate the expected constraints with JUNO for the prospects in the near future. Lastly, we note that the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) is an unavoidable isotropic background. We thus estimate the sensitivity floor for PBH parameter space due to DSNB, and show that it is difficult for neutrino detectors to detect PBHs as 100% of DM above $9 \times 10^{15}\,{\rm g}$.

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