Resonant Scattering of Boosted Dark Matter

We develop a simulation within GENIE of the excitation of baryonic resonances

by boosted dark matter. This work completes the simulation of all scattering modes for

dark matter entering a detector at relativistic speeds. At some boosts, resonant scattering

can contribute over 30% to the scattering rate. This channel offers a potentially powerful

probe of the isospin structure of dark matter interactions via the relative prominence of the

isospin-changing ∆ resonance. We study the estimated sensitivity of large volume detectors

such as DUNE, Hyper-Kamiokande, and JUNO to all dark matter scattering modes and

demonstrate the expected improvement in sensitivity when resonant scattering is included.