Cosmic ray Boosted Dark Matter at PROSPECT – Experimental Analysis

ORAL

Abstract

PROSPECT, the PRecision Oscillation and SPECTrum Experiment, is a reactor antineutrino experiment at a very short baseline. The PROSPECT detector consists of a segmented $^6$Li-doped liquid scintillator deployed at the ONRL High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) with minimal overburden ($<$ 1 m.w.e.). This location provides one of the shortest baselines for a high-statistics measurement of reactor antineutrinos and the opportunity to test hard-to-reach regions of dark matter phase space. This talk will describe the data analysis to search for boosted dark matter in the PROSPECT data.

Authors

  • Manoa Andriamirado

    Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Christopher Cappiello

    The Ohio State University

  • Bryce Littlejohn

    Illinois Institute of Technology