Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

R Abbasi; M Ackermann; J Adams; J. A Aguilar; M Ahlers; J. M Alameddine; S Ali; N. M Amin; K Andeen; C Argüelles; Y Ashida; S Athanasiadou; S. N Axani; R Babu; X Bai; A Balagopal V; S. W Barwick; V Basu; R Bay; J. J Beatty; J. Becker Tjus; P Behrens; J Beise; C Bellenghi; S Benkel; S BenZvi; D Berley; E Bernardini; D Z Besson; E Blaufuss; L Bloom; S Blot; F Bontempo; J. Y. Book Motzkin; C. Boscolo Meneguolo; S Böser; O Botner; J Böttcher; J Braun; B Brinson; Z Brisson-Tsavoussis; R. T Burley; D Butterfield; K Carloni; J Carpio; N Chau; Y. C Chen; Z Chen; D Chirkin; S Choi; A Chubarov; B. A Clark; G H Collin; D. A. Coloma Borja; A Connolly; J. M Conrad; D F Cowen; C De Clercq; J J DeLaunay; D Delgado; T Delmeulle; S Deng; P Desiati; K. D de Vries; G de Wasseige; T DeYoung; J C Díaz-Vélez; S DiKerby; T Ding; M Dittmer; A Domi; L Draper; L Dueser; D Durnford; K Dutta; M A DuVernois; T Ehrhardt; L Eidenschink; A Eimer; C Eldridge; P Eller; E Ellinger; D Elsässer; R Engel; H Erpenbeck; W Esmail; S Eulig; J Evans; P A Evenson; K L Fan; K Fang; K Farrag; A R Fazely; A Fedynitch; N Feigl; C Finley; D Fox; A Franckowiak; S Fukami; P Fürst; J Gallagher; E Ganster; A Garcia; M Garcia; E Genton; L Gerhardt; A Ghadimi; C Glaser; T Glüsenkamp; J G Gonzalez; S Goswami; A Granados; D Grant; S J Gray; S Griffin; K M Groth; D Guevel; C Günther; P Gutjahr; C Ha; A Hallgren; L Halve; F Halzen; L Hamacher; M Handt; K Hanson; J Hardin; A A Harnisch; P Hatch; A Haungs; J Häußler; K Helbing; J Hellrung; B Henke; L Hennig; F Henningsen; L Heuermann; R Hewett; N Heyer; S Hickford; A Hidvegi; C Hill; G. C Hill; R Hmaid; K D Hoffman; A Hollnagel; D Hooper; S Hori; K Hoshina; M Hostert; W Hou; M Hrywniak; T Huber; K Hultqvist; K Hymon; A Ishihara; W Iwakiri; M Jacquart; S Jain; O Janik; M Jansson; M Jin; N Kamp; D Kang; W Kang; A Kappes; L Kardum; T Karg; A Karle; A Katil; M Kauer; J L Kelley; M Khanal; A Khatee Zathul; A Kheirandish; T Kim; H Kimku; F Kirchner; J Kiryluk; C Klein; S. R Klein; Y Kobayashi; S Koch; A Kochocki; R Koirala; H Kolanoski; T Kontrimas; L Köpke; C Kopper; D J Koskinen; P Koundal; M Kowalski; T Kozynets; A Kravka; N Krieger; T Krishnan; K Kruiswijk; E Krupczak; A Kumar; E Kun; N Kurahashi; C Lagunas Gualda; L. Lallement Arnaud; M. J Larson; F Lauber; J P Lazar; K. Leonard DeHolton; A Leszczyńska; C Li; J Liao; C Lin; Q. R Liu; Y. T Liu; M Liubarska; C Love; L Lu; F Lucarelli; W Luszczak; Y Lyu; M Macdonald; E Magnus; Y Makino; E Manao; S Mancina; A Mand; I C Mariş; S Marka; Z Marka; L Marten; I Martinez-Soler; R Maruyama; J Mauro; F Mayhew; F McNally; K Meagher; A Medina; M Meier; Y Merckx; L Merten; J Mitchell; L Molchany; S Mondal; T Montaruli; R. W Moore; Y Morii; A Mosbrugger; D Mousadi; E Moyaux; T Mukherjee; M Nakos; U Naumann; L Neste; M Neumann; H Niederhausen; M U Nisa; K Noda; A Noell; A Novikov; A Obertacke; V O'Dell; A Olivas; R Orsoe; J Osborn; E O'Sullivan; B Owens; V Palusova; H Pandya; A Parenti; N Park; V Parrish; E N Paudel; L Paul; C. Pérez de los Heros; T Pernice; T. C Petersen; J Peterson; S Pick; M Plum; A Pontén; V Poojyam; B Pries; R Procter-Murphy; G T Przybylski; L Pyras; C Raab; J Rack-Helleis; N Rad; M Ravn; K Rawlins; Z Rechav; A Rehman; I Reistroffer; E Resconi; C. D Rho; W Rhode; L Ricca; B Riedel; A Rifaie; E. J Roberts; S Rodan; M Rongen; A Rosted; C Rott; T Ruhe; L Ruohan; D Ryckbosch; J Saffer; D Salazar-Gallegos; P Sampathkumar; A Sandrock; G Sanger-Johnson; M Santander; S Sarkar; M Scarnera; M Schaufel; H Schieler; S Schindler; L Schlickmann; B Schlüter; F Schlüter; N Schmeisser; T Schmidt; A Scholz; F G Schröder; S Schwirn; S Sclafani; D Seckel; L Seen; M Seikh; S Seunarine; P. A. Sevle Myhr; R Shah; S Shah; S Shefali; N Shimizu; B Skrzypek; R Snihur; J Soedingrekso; D Soldin; P Soldin; G Sommani; D Song; C Spannfellner; G M Spiczak; C Spiering; J Stachurska; M Stamatikos; T Stanev; T Stezelberger; T Stürwald; T Stuttard; G. W Sullivan; I Taboada; S Ter-Antonyan; A Terliuk; A Thakuri; M Thiesmeyer; W. G Thompson; J Thwaites; S Tilav; K Tollefson; J. A Torres; S Toscano; D Tosi; K Upshaw; A Vaidyanathan; N Valtonen-Mattila; J Valverde; J Vandenbroucke; T Van Eeden; N van Eijndhoven; L Van Rootselaar; J van Santen; J Vara; F Varsi; M Venugopal; M Vereecken; S. Vergara Carrasco; S Verpoest; D Veske; A Vijai; J Villarreal; C Walck; A Wang; E. H. S Warrick; C Weaver; P Weigel; A Weindl; J Weldert; A. Y Wen; C Wendt; J Werthebach; M Weyrauch; N Whitehorn; C. H Wiebusch; D. R Williams; L Witthaus; G Wrede; X. W Xu; J. P Yanez; Y Yao; E Yildizci; S Yoshida; R Young; F Yu; S Yu; T Yuan; S Yun-Cárcamo; A. Zander Jurowitzki; A Zegarelli; S Zhang; Z Zhang; P Zhelnin; P Zilberman; C. Zilleruelo Cañas

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Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

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Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, J. A Aguilar, M Ahlers, J. M Alameddine, S Ali, N. M Amin, K Andeen, C Argüelles, …

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Cornell University

05/07/2026

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.06600

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Abstract

The IceCube Upgrade, an extension designed to enhance the IceCube Neutrino Observatory's detection of neutrinos with energies between 1 GeV and 500 GeV, will markedly improve IceCube's sensitivity to low-mass dark matter scenarios. In this study, we present sensitivity projections for the IceCube Upgrade to neutrino fluxes arising from dark matter annihilation. In particular, we consider dark matter with masses between 3 GeV to 500 GeV from both the core of the Sun and the Galactic Center. These projections indicate that the IceCube Upgrade will enable stringent limits on dark matter in this parameter space, achieving leading sensitivities to some dark matter models with only three years of data taking.

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Title: Subtitle: Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade
Creators: R Abbasi
M Ackermann
J Adams
J. A Aguilar
M Ahlers
J. M Alameddine
S Ali
N. M Amin
K Andeen
C Argüelles
Y Ashida
S Athanasiadou
S. N Axani
R Babu
X Bai
A Balagopal V
S. W Barwick
V Basu
R Bay
J. J Beatty
J. Becker Tjus
P Behrens
J Beise
C Bellenghi
S Benkel
S BenZvi
D Berley
E Bernardini
D Z Besson
E Blaufuss
L Bloom
S Blot
F Bontempo
J. Y. Book Motzkin
C. Boscolo Meneguolo
S Böser
O Botner
J Böttcher
J Braun
B Brinson
Z Brisson-Tsavoussis
R. T Burley
D Butterfield
K Carloni
J Carpio
N Chau
Y. C Chen
Z Chen
D Chirkin
S Choi
A Chubarov
B. A Clark
G H Collin
D. A. Coloma Borja
A Connolly
J. M Conrad
D F Cowen
C De Clercq
J J DeLaunay
D Delgado
T Delmeulle
S Deng
P Desiati
K. D de Vries
G de Wasseige
T DeYoung
J C Díaz-Vélez
S DiKerby
T Ding
M Dittmer
A Domi
L Draper
L Dueser
D Durnford
K Dutta
M A DuVernois
T Ehrhardt
L Eidenschink
A Eimer
C Eldridge
P Eller
E Ellinger
D Elsässer
R Engel
H Erpenbeck
W Esmail
S Eulig
J Evans
P A Evenson
K L Fan
K Fang
K Farrag
A R Fazely
A Fedynitch
N Feigl
C Finley
D Fox
A Franckowiak
S Fukami
P Fürst
J Gallagher
E Ganster
A Garcia
M Garcia
E Genton
L Gerhardt
A Ghadimi
C Glaser
T Glüsenkamp
J G Gonzalez
S Goswami
A Granados
D Grant
S J Gray
S Griffin
K M Groth
D Guevel
C Günther
P Gutjahr
C Ha
A Hallgren
L Halve
F Halzen
L Hamacher
M Handt
K Hanson
J Hardin
A A Harnisch
P Hatch
A Haungs
J Häußler
K Helbing
J Hellrung
B Henke
L Hennig
F Henningsen
L Heuermann
R Hewett
N Heyer
S Hickford
A Hidvegi
C Hill
G. C Hill
R Hmaid
K D Hoffman
A Hollnagel
D Hooper
S Hori
K Hoshina
M Hostert
W Hou
M Hrywniak
T Huber
K Hultqvist
K Hymon
A Ishihara
W Iwakiri
M Jacquart
S Jain
O Janik
M Jansson
M Jin
N Kamp
D Kang
W Kang
A Kappes
L Kardum
T Karg
A Karle
A Katil
M Kauer
J L Kelley
M Khanal
A Khatee Zathul
A Kheirandish
T Kim
H Kimku
F Kirchner
J Kiryluk
C Klein
S. R Klein
Y Kobayashi
S Koch
A Kochocki
R Koirala
H Kolanoski
T Kontrimas
L Köpke
C Kopper
D J Koskinen
P Koundal
M Kowalski
T Kozynets
A Kravka
N Krieger
T Krishnan
K Kruiswijk
E Krupczak
A Kumar
E Kun
N Kurahashi
C Lagunas Gualda
L. Lallement Arnaud
M. J Larson
F Lauber
J P Lazar
K. Leonard DeHolton
A Leszczyńska
C Li
J Liao
C Lin
Q. R Liu
Y. T Liu
M Liubarska
C Love
L Lu
F Lucarelli
W Luszczak
Y Lyu
M Macdonald
E Magnus
Y Makino
E Manao
S Mancina
A Mand
I C Mariş
S Marka
Z Marka
L Marten
I Martinez-Soler
R Maruyama
J Mauro
F Mayhew
F McNally
K Meagher
A Medina
M Meier
Y Merckx
L Merten
J Mitchell
L Molchany
S Mondal
T Montaruli
R. W Moore
Y Morii
A Mosbrugger
D Mousadi
E Moyaux
T Mukherjee
M Nakos
U Naumann
L Neste
M Neumann
H Niederhausen
M U Nisa
K Noda
A Noell
A Novikov
A Obertacke
V O'Dell
A Olivas
R Orsoe
J Osborn
E O'Sullivan
B Owens
V Palusova
H Pandya
A Parenti
N Park
V Parrish
E N Paudel
L Paul
C. Pérez de los Heros
T Pernice
T. C Petersen
J Peterson
S Pick
M Plum
A Pontén
V Poojyam
B Pries
R Procter-Murphy
G T Przybylski
L Pyras
C Raab
J Rack-Helleis
N Rad
M Ravn
K Rawlins
Z Rechav
A Rehman
I Reistroffer
E Resconi
C. D Rho
W Rhode
L Ricca
B Riedel
A Rifaie
E. J Roberts
S Rodan
M Rongen
A Rosted
C Rott
T Ruhe
L Ruohan
D Ryckbosch
J Saffer
D Salazar-Gallegos
P Sampathkumar
A Sandrock
G Sanger-Johnson
M Santander
S Sarkar
M Scarnera
M Schaufel
H Schieler
S Schindler
L Schlickmann
B Schlüter
F Schlüter
N Schmeisser
T Schmidt
A Scholz
F G Schröder
S Schwirn
S Sclafani
D Seckel
L Seen
M Seikh
S Seunarine
P. A. Sevle Myhr
R Shah
S Shah
S Shefali
N Shimizu
B Skrzypek
R Snihur
J Soedingrekso
D Soldin
P Soldin
G Sommani
D Song
C Spannfellner
G M Spiczak
C Spiering
J Stachurska
M Stamatikos
T Stanev
T Stezelberger
T Stürwald
T Stuttard
G. W Sullivan
I Taboada
S Ter-Antonyan
A Terliuk
A Thakuri
M Thiesmeyer
W. G Thompson
J Thwaites
S Tilav
K Tollefson
J. A Torres
S Toscano
D Tosi
K Upshaw
A Vaidyanathan
N Valtonen-Mattila
J Valverde
J Vandenbroucke
T Van Eeden
N van Eijndhoven
L Van Rootselaar
J van Santen
J Vara
F Varsi
M Venugopal
M Vereecken
S. Vergara Carrasco
S Verpoest
D Veske
A Vijai
J Villarreal
C Walck
A Wang
E. H. S Warrick
C Weaver
P Weigel
A Weindl
J Weldert
A. Y Wen
C Wendt
J Werthebach
M Weyrauch
N Whitehorn
C. H Wiebusch
D. R Williams
L Witthaus
G Wrede
X. W Xu
J. P Yanez
Y Yao
E Yildizci
S Yoshida
R Young
F Yu
S Yu
T Yuan
S Yun-Cárcamo
A. Zander Jurowitzki
A Zegarelli
S Zhang
Z Zhang
P Zhelnin
P Zilberman
C. Zilleruelo Cañas
Resource Type: Preprint
Publication Details: ArXiv.org
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.06600
ISSN: 2331-8422
Publisher: Cornell University; Ithaca, New York
Language: English
Date posted: 05/07/2026
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9985163502302771

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