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Neutrinos from the Sun can discover dark matter-electron scattering

Tarak Nath Maity1,2,3,4,*, Akash Kumar Saha4,†, Sagnik Mondal4,‡, and Ranjan Laha4,§

  • *Contact author: tarak.maity.physics@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: akashks@iisc.ac.in
  • ‡Contact author: sagnikmondal@iisc.ac.in, mondalsagnikmandal@gmail.com
  • §Contact author: ranjanlaha@iisc.ac.in
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 023025 – Published 17 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/3f66-nfd5

Abstract

We probe dark matter-electron scattering using high-energy neutrino observations from the Sun. Dark matter (DM) interacting with electrons can get captured inside the Sun. These captured DM may annihilate to produce different Standard Model (SM) particles. Neutrinos produced from these SM states can be observed in IceCube and DeepCore. Although there is no excess of neutrinos in the solar direction, we find that the current datasets of IceCube and DeepCore set the strongest constraint on the DM-electron scattering cross section in the DM mass range 10–105  GeV. Therefore our work implies that future observations of the Sun by neutrino telescopes have the potential to discover the DM-electron interaction.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 023025– Published 17 July, 2025
  • Received 23 August 2023
  • Accepted 17 June 2025
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