Threshold effects of inelastic neutrino-dark-matter scattering in AGN spikes
High-energy neutrinos from active galactic nuclei provide a powerful probe of dark matter (DM) spikes surrounding supermassive black holes. While elastic neutrino-DM scattering mediated by a light particle produces little net attenuation due to regeneration, inelastic scattering, $\nu\chi_1\to\nu\chi_2$, introduces a n...