Dark Matter Disc Enhanced Neutrino Fluxes from the Sun and Earth
Tobias Bruch, Annika H. G. Peter, Justin Read, Laura Baudis, George, Lake

TL;DR
The paper demonstrates that the presence of a dark matter disc significantly boosts neutrino flux predictions from WIMP annihilation in the Sun and Earth, enhancing detection prospects for neutrino telescopes.
Contribution
It introduces the impact of a dark matter disc on neutrino flux predictions, showing substantial increases over standard models and highlighting its importance for indirect dark matter detection.
Findings
Earth muon flux increased by three orders of magnitude
Sun muon flux increased by an order of magnitude
Dark disc properties critically influence Earth flux predictions
Abstract
As disc galaxies form in a hierarchical cosmology, massive merging satellites are preferentially dragged towards the disc plane. The material accreted from these satellites forms a dark matter disc that contributes 0.25 - 1.5 times the non-rotating halo density at the solar position. Here, we show the importance of the dark disc for indirect dark matter detection in neutrino telescopes. Previous predictions of the neutrino flux from WIMP annihilation in the Earth and the Sun have assumed that Galactic dark matter is spherically distributed with a Gaussian velocity distribution, the standard halo model. Although the dark disc has a local density comparable to the dark halo, its higher phase space density at low velocities greatly enhances capture rates in the Sun and Earth. For typical dark disc properties, the resulting muon flux from the Earth is increased by three orders of magnitude…
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