PBR sensitivity to boosted dark matter explanation for the KM3-230213A event
Abstract
POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a hybrid fluorescence and optical Cherenkov telescope that is a pathfinder instrument for a future Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), together with a radio instrument, to be flown on a super pressure balloon in Spring 2028. One of its science objectives is follow up of astrophysical event alerts via signals of tau decays in the atmosphere, sourced by Earth-skimming tau neutrinos. The recent report of the KM3NeT Collaboration's muon event with $ E_μ=120^{+110}_{-60}$ PeV sparked searches for beyond the standard model (BSM) physics explanations. Using a specific, boosted dark matter scenario which together with the KM3NeT observation, sets a scale for the fluence of boosted dark matter in this energy range, we assess the capabilities of PBR to constrain or discover such a source for a boosted dark matter energy spectrum above ∼ 108 GeV. PBR has discovery potential for dark matter energies above 109 GeV, and depending on BSM input parameters, to dark matter energies as low as 1.5× 108 GeV. While the analysis is focused on one BSM example, the methodology is applicable to any BSM physics that affects tau production in the Earth.
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BibTeX
@misc{reno2026sensitivity,
title = {{PBR sensitivity to boosted dark matter explanation for the KM3-230213A event}},
author = {M. H. Reno and T. Venters and M. Abrate and J. Adams and J. Alfaro and D. Allard and P. Alldredge and R. Aloisio and R. Ammendola and A. Anastasio and L. Anchordoqui and D. Badoni and J. Baláž and B. Baret and M. Battisti and R. Bellotti and M. Bertaina and M. Betts and S. Blin and M. Boezio and P. Bořil and I. Buckland and J. Burton Heibges and F. Cafagna and R. Caruso and M. Casolino and K. Černý and B. Chamanbahar and N. Cordrey and A. Creusot and A. Cummings and C. De Santis and P. Degarate and N. DeWitt Pierrat and A. Di Giovanni and A. Di Salvo and B. J. DiLella and J. Eser and S. Ferrarese and G. Filippatos and J. Ford and N. Gagalis and P. Gálvez Molina and S. Garbolino and D. Garg and R. Gargiulo and B. Gockel and A. Grelle and C. Guépin and A. Haungs and T. Heibges and J. Hinkel and A. K. Ikehara and J. Krizmanic and L. Kupari and E. H. Lenzing and F. Liberatori and S. Mackovjak and D. Mandát and M. Manfrin},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.29942},
eprint = {2610.29942},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29942},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - PBR sensitivity to boosted dark matter explanation for the KM3-230213A event
AU - M. H. Reno
AU - T. Venters
AU - M. Abrate
AU - J. Adams
AU - J. Alfaro
AU - D. Allard
AU - P. Alldredge
AU - R. Aloisio
AU - R. Ammendola
AU - A. Anastasio
AU - L. Anchordoqui
AU - D. Badoni
AU - J. Baláž
AU - B. Baret
AU - M. Battisti
AU - R. Bellotti
AU - M. Bertaina
AU - M. Betts
AU - S. Blin
AU - M. Boezio
AU - P. Bořil
AU - I. Buckland
AU - J. Burton Heibges
AU - F. Cafagna
AU - R. Caruso
AU - M. Casolino
AU - K. Černý
AU - B. Chamanbahar
AU - N. Cordrey
AU - A. Creusot
AU - A. Cummings
AU - C. De Santis
AU - P. Degarate
AU - N. DeWitt Pierrat
AU - A. Di Giovanni
AU - A. Di Salvo
AU - B. J. DiLella
AU - J. Eser
AU - S. Ferrarese
AU - G. Filippatos
AU - J. Ford
AU - N. Gagalis
AU - P. Gálvez Molina
AU - S. Garbolino
AU - D. Garg
AU - R. Gargiulo
AU - B. Gockel
AU - A. Grelle
AU - C. Guépin
AU - A. Haungs
AU - T. Heibges
AU - J. Hinkel
AU - A. K. Ikehara
AU - J. Krizmanic
AU - L. Kupari
AU - E. H. Lenzing
AU - F. Liberatori
AU - S. Mackovjak
AU - D. Mandát
AU - M. Manfrin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/27
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.29942
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29942
AB - POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a hybrid fluorescence and optical Cherenkov telescope that is a pathfinder instrument for a future Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), together with a radio instrument, to be flown on a super pressure balloon in Spring 2028. One of its science objectives is follow up of astrophysical event alerts via signals of tau decays in the atmosphere, sourced by Earth-skimming tau neutrinos. The recent report of the KM3NeT Collaboration's muon event with $ E_μ=120^{+110}_{-60}$ PeV sparked searches for beyond the standard model (BSM) physics explanations. Using a specific, boosted dark matter scenario which together with the KM3NeT observation, sets a scale for the fluence of boosted dark matter in this energy range, we assess the capabilities of PBR to constrain or discover such a source for a boosted dark matter energy spectrum above ∼ 10^8 GeV. PBR has discovery potential for dark matter energies above 10^9 GeV, and depending on BSM input parameters, to dark matter energies as low as 1.5× 10^8 GeV. While the analysis is focused on one BSM example, the methodology is applicable to any BSM physics that affects tau production in the Earth.
ER -