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Castel Pablo JF, Cebrián Guajardo S, Dafni T, Díez Ibáñez D, Galán Lacarra J, García Pascual JA, Ezquerro Sastre Á, García Irastorza I, Luzón Marco G, Margalejo Blasco C, Mirallas Sánchez H, Obis Aparicio L, Ortiz de Solórzano A, Pérez Lázaro Ó, Porrón Lafuente J, Jiménez Puyuelo M. Micromegas with GEM preamplification for enhanced energy threshold in low-background gaseous time projection chambers. OPEN RESEARCH EUROPE 2025; 5:53. [PMID: 40124249 PMCID: PMC11926529 DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19258.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2025] [Indexed: 03/25/2025]
Abstract
Background We develop the concept of a Micromegas readout plane with an additional GEM preamplification stage placed a few millimetres above it to increase the maximum effective gain of the combined readout. Methods We implement it and test it in realistic conditions for its application to low-background dark matter searches like the TREX-DM experiment. For this, we use a Micromegas of Microbulk type, built with radiopure materials. Results We report on GEM effective extra gain factors of about 90, 50 and 20 in 1, 4 and 10 bar of Ar-1%iC 4H 10. These results are obtained in a small test chamber allowing for systematic scanning of voltages and pressures. In addition, a TREX-DM full-scale set-up has also been built and tested, featuring a replica of the fully-patterned TREX-DM Microbulk readout. Conclusions The results here obtained show promise to lower the threshold of the experiment down to 50 eV ee , corresponding to substantially enhanced sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs.
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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- Center for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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Akerib DS, Alsum S, Araújo HM, Bai X, Balajthy J, Bang J, Baxter A, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Boxer B, Brás P, Burdin S, Byram D, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Cutter JE, de Viveiros L, Druszkiewicz E, Fan A, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Ghag C, Gilchriese MGD, Gwilliam C, Hall CR, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Korolkova EV, Kravitz S, Kudryavtsev VA, Leason E, Lesko KT, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marangou N, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Naylor A, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, Nilima A, Oliver-Mallory KC, Palladino KJ, Rhyne C, Riffard Q, Rischbieter GRC, Rossiter P, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Sumner TJ, Swanson N, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor R, Taylor WC, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tvrznikova L, Utku U, Vacheret A, Vaitkus A, Velan V, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Woodward D, Xiang X, Xu J, Zhang C. Nuclear Recoil Calibration at Sub-keV Energies in LUX and Its Impact on Dark Matter Search Sensitivity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2025; 134:061002. [PMID: 40021173 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.061002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2025] [Indexed: 03/03/2025]
Abstract
Dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability to low-mass dark matter interactions, we investigated the light and charge responses of liquid xenon (LXe) to sub-keV nuclear recoils. Using neutron events from a pulsed Adelphi Deuterium-Deuterium neutron generator, an in situ calibration was conducted on the LUX detector. We demonstrate direct measurements of light and charge yields down to 0.45 and 0.27 keV, respectively, both approaching single quanta production, the physical limit of LXe detectors. These results hold significant implications for the future of dual-phase xenon TPCs in detecting low-mass dark matter via nuclear recoils.
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- D S Akerib
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- California State University Stanislaus, Department of Physics, 1 University Circle, Turlock, California 95382, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Aprile E, Aalbers J, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Boese K, Brown A, Bruno G, Budnik R, Cai C, Capelli C, Cardoso JMR, Cimental Chávez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, D'Andrea V, Daniel Garcia LC, Decowski MP, Deisting A, Di Donato C, Di Gangi P, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flehmke T, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Galloway M, Gao F, Ghosh S, Giacomobono R, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Gyorgy P, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Kaminaga Y, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koke D, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lin YT, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Liu M, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Luce T, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Melchiorre A, Merz J, Messina M, et alAprile E, Aalbers J, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Boese K, Brown A, Bruno G, Budnik R, Cai C, Capelli C, Cardoso JMR, Cimental Chávez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, D'Andrea V, Daniel Garcia LC, Decowski MP, Deisting A, Di Donato C, Di Gangi P, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flehmke T, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Galloway M, Gao F, Ghosh S, Giacomobono R, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Gyorgy P, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Kaminaga Y, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koke D, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lin YT, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Liu M, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Luce T, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Melchiorre A, Merz J, Messina M, Michael A, Miuchi K, Molinario A, Moriyama S, Morå K, Mosbacher Y, Murra M, Müller J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Paetsch B, Pan Y, Pellegrini Q, Peres R, Peters C, Pienaar J, Pierre M, Plante G, Pollmann TR, Principe L, Qi J, Qin J, Ramírez García D, Rajado M, Singh R, Sanchez L, Dos Santos JMF, Sarnoff I, Sartorelli G, Schreiner J, Schulte P, Schulze Eißing H, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Semeria F, Shagin P, Shi S, Shi J, Silva M, Simgen H, Takeda A, Tan PL, Thers D, Toschi F, Trinchero G, Tunnell CD, Tönnies F, Valerius K, Vecchi S, Vetter S, Villazon Solar FI, Volta G, Weinheimer C, Weiss M, Wenz D, Wittweg C, Wu VHS, Xing Y, Xu D, Xu Z, Yamashita M, Yang L, Ye J, Yuan L, Zavattini G, Zhong M. First Indication of Solar ^{8}B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:191002. [PMID: 39576901 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.191002] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2024] [Revised: 08/29/2024] [Accepted: 09/25/2024] [Indexed: 11/24/2024]
Abstract
We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar ^{8}B neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central detector of XENONnT is a low-background, two-phase time projection chamber with a 5.9 t sensitive liquid xenon target. A blind analysis with an exposure of 3.51 t×yr resulted in 37 observed events above 0.5 keV, with (26.4_{-1.3}^{+1.4}) events expected from backgrounds. The background-only hypothesis is rejected with a statistical significance of 2.73σ. The measured ^{8}B solar neutrino flux of (4.7_{-2.3}^{+3.6})×10^{6} cm^{-2} s^{-1} is consistent with results from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. The measured neutrino flux-weighted CEνNS cross section on Xe of (1.1_{-0.5}^{+0.8})×10^{-39} cm^{2} is consistent with the Standard Model prediction. This is the first direct measurement of nuclear recoils from solar neutrinos with a dark matter detector.
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- E Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Groningen, Van Swinderen Institute, 9747AG Groningen, Netherlands
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi - Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi - Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- New York University Abu Dhabi - Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- INFN-Ferrara and Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- INFN-Ferrara and Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Dutta B, Huang WC, Kim D, Newstead JL, Park JC, Ali IS. Prospects for Light Dark Matter Searches at Large-Volume Neutrino Detectors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:161801. [PMID: 39485968 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.161801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 09/04/2024] [Indexed: 11/03/2024]
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We propose a new approach to search for light dark matter (DM), with keV-GeV mass, via inelastic nucleus scattering at large-volume neutrino detectors such as Borexino, DUNE, Super-K, Hyper-K, and JUNO. The approach uses inelastic nuclear scattering of cosmic-ray boosted DM, enabling a low-background search for DM in these experiments. Large neutrino detectors, with higher thresholds than dark matter detectors, can be used, since the nuclear deexcitation lines are O(10) MeV. Using a hadrophilic dark-gauge-boson-portal model as a benchmark, we show that the nuclear inelastic channels generally provide better sensitivity than the elastic scattering for a large region of light DM parameter space.
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- Bhaskar Dutta
- Texas A&M University, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Chungnam National University, Department of Physics and Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Lin YH, Wu MR. Supernova-Neutrino-Boosted Dark Matter from All Galaxies. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:111004. [PMID: 39331976 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.111004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
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It has been recently proposed that the boosted dark matter (BDM) by supernova neutrinos (SNν) from SN1987a or from the next Galactic supernova (SN) can serve as a novel component to probe nonvanishing interaction between dark matter (DM) and the standard model leptons [Y.-H. Lin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 111002 (2023)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.130.111002 and Y.-H. Lin et al., Phys. Rev. D 108, 083013 (2023)PRVDAQ2470-001010.1103/PhysRevD.108.083013]. In this Letter, we extend this concept and evaluate the present-day diffuse flux of SNν BDM originated from all galaxies at higher redshifts. We show that by considering this diffuse BDM (DBDM) component, the best sensitivity on the product of the energy-independent DM-ν and DM-electron cross sections, sqrt[σ_{χν}σ_{χe}]≃O(10^{-37}) cm^{2} for sub-MeV DM, can be obtained with large-size neutrino experiments such as Super-Kamiokande or Hyper-Kamiokande, surpassing the estimated SNν BDM bound from SN1987a. We also examine the impact due to the presence of DM spikes around the supermassive black holes in galaxies on SNν BDM and DBDM. Our results suggest that both the DBDM and the SNν BDM probes are robust to the uncertain properties of DM spikes, unless the next Galactic SN happens to occur at a location extremely close to or right behind the Galactic Center along the SN line of sight.
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Aprile E, Aalbers J, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Balata M, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cassese F, Chiarini A, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Corrieri R, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, Dadoun O, D’Andrea V, Decowski MP, De Fazio B, Gangi PD, Diglio S, Disdier JM, Douillet D, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Form S, Front D, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Rosso AG, Galloway M, Gao F, Gardner R, Garroum N, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guerzoni M, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Huhmann C, Iacovacci M, Iaquaniello G, Iven L, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, et alAprile E, Aalbers J, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Balata M, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cassese F, Chiarini A, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Corrieri R, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, Dadoun O, D’Andrea V, Decowski MP, De Fazio B, Gangi PD, Diglio S, Disdier JM, Douillet D, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Form S, Front D, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Rosso AG, Galloway M, Gao F, Gardner R, Garroum N, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guerzoni M, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Huhmann C, Iacovacci M, Iaquaniello G, Iven L, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martella P, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson D, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Mele E, Messina M, Michinelli R, Miuchi K, Molinario A, Moriyama S, Morå K, Mosbacher Y, Murra M, Müller J, Ni K, Nisi S, Oberlack U, Orlandi D, Othegraven R, Paetsch B, Palacio J, Parlati S, Paschos P, Pellegrini Q, Peres R, Peters C, Pienaar J, Pierre M, Plante G, Pollmann TR, Qi J, Qin J, García DR, Rynge M, Shi J, Singh R, Sanchez L, Santos JMFD, Sarnoff I, Sartorelli G, Schreiner J, Schulte D, Schulte P, Schulze Eißing H, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Semeria F, Shagin P, Shi S, Shockley E, Silva M, Simgen H, Stephen J, Stern M, Stillwell BK, Takeda A, Tan PL, Tatananni D, Terliuk A, Thers D, Toschi F, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Tönnies F, Valerius K, Volta G, Weinheimer C, Weiss M, Wenz D, Westermann J, Wittweg C, Wolf T, Wu VHS, Xing Y, Xu D, Xu Z, Yamashita M, Yang L, Ye J, Yuan L, Zavattini G, Zhong M, Zhu T. The XENONnT dark matter experiment. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 2024; 84:784. [PMID: 39130092 PMCID: PMC11306575 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12982-5] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and sensitivity. The XENONnT experiment is the latest detector in the program, planned to be an upgrade of its predecessor XENON1T. It features an active target of 5.9 tonnes of cryogenic liquid xenon (8.5 tonnes total mass in cryostat). The experiment is expected to extend the sensitivity to WIMP dark matter by more than an order of magnitude compared to XENON1T, thanks to the larger active mass and the significantly reduced background, improved by novel systems such as a radon removal plant and a neutron veto. This article describes the XENONnT experiment and its sub-systems in detail and reports on the detector performance during the first science run.
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- XENON Collaboration
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
- IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Universit é de Paris, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91400 Orsay, France
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 Japan
- INFN-Ferrara and Dip. di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Coimbra Polytechnic-ISEC, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- INFN-Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy
- Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030 China
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172 China
| | - E. Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - J. Aalbers
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K. Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | | | - L. Althueser
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - B. Andrieu
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - E. Angelino
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
| | - J. R. Angevaare
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - V. C. Antochi
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - D. Antón Martin
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - F. Arneodo
- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - M. Balata
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - L. Baudis
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - A. L. Baxter
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
| | - M. Bazyk
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - L. Bellagamba
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - R. Biondi
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A. Bismark
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - E. J. Brookes
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A. Brown
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - S. Bruenner
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - G. Bruno
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - R. Budnik
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - T. K. Bui
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | - C. Cai
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - J. M. R. Cardoso
- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - F. Cassese
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | - A. Chiarini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - D. Cichon
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - A. P. Colijn
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J. Conrad
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - R. Corrieri
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | | | - J. P. Cussonneau
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - O. Dadoun
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - V. D’Andrea
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy
| | - M. P. Decowski
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - B. De Fazio
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | - P. Di Gangi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - S. Diglio
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - J. M. Disdier
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - D. Douillet
- IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Universit é de Paris, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - K. Eitel
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Elykov
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S. Farrell
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - A. D. Ferella
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - C. Ferrari
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - H. Fischer
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - M. Flierman
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S. Form
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D. Front
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - W. Fulgione
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - C. Fuselli
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P. Gaemers
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - R. Gaior
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - A. Gallo Rosso
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - M. Galloway
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - F. Gao
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - R. Gardner
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - N. Garroum
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - R. Glade-Beucke
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - L. Grandi
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - J. Grigat
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - H. Guan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
| | - M. Guerzoni
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - M. Guida
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - R. Hammann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A. Higuera
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - C. Hils
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - L. Hoetzsch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - N. F. Hood
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - J. Howlett
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - C. Huhmann
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - M. Iacovacci
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | - G. Iaquaniello
- IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Universit é de Paris, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - L. Iven
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Y. Itow
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
| | - J. Jakob
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - F. Joerg
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A. Joy
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - M. Kara
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Kavrigin
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - S. Kazama
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
| | - M. Kobayashi
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
| | - G. Koltman
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - A. Kopec
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - F. Kuger
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - H. Landsman
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - R. F. Lang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
| | - L. Levinson
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - I. Li
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - S. Li
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030 China
| | - S. Liang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - S. Lindemann
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - M. Lindner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - K. Liu
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - J. Loizeau
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - F. Lombardi
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J. Long
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - J. A. M. Lopes
- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
- Coimbra Polytechnic-ISEC, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Y. Ma
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - C. Macolino
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - J. Mahlstedt
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - A. Mancuso
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - L. Manenti
- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - F. Marignetti
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | | | - P. Martella
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - K. Martens
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | - J. Masbou
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - D. Masson
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - E. Masson
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - S. Mastroianni
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | - E. Mele
- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Naples, Italy
| | - M. Messina
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - R. Michinelli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - K. Miuchi
- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 Japan
| | - A. Molinario
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
| | - S. Moriyama
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | - K. Morå
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - Y. Mosbacher
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - M. Murra
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - J. Müller
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - K. Ni
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - S. Nisi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - U. Oberlack
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - D. Orlandi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - R. Othegraven
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - B. Paetsch
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - J. Palacio
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S. Parlati
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - P. Paschos
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - Q. Pellegrini
- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
| | - R. Peres
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - C. Peters
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - J. Pienaar
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - M. Pierre
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - G. Plante
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - T. R. Pollmann
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J. Qi
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - J. Qin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
| | | | - M. Rynge
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
- Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA
| | - J. Shi
- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - R. Singh
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
| | - L. Sanchez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - J. M. F. dos Santos
- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - I. Sarnoff
- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - G. Sartorelli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - J. Schreiner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D. Schulte
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - P. Schulte
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - H. Schulze Eißing
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - M. Schumann
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | | | - M. Selvi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - F. Semeria
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - P. Shagin
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - S. Shi
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - E. Shockley
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - M. Silva
- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - H. Simgen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J. Stephen
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - M. Stern
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - B. K. Stillwell
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - A. Takeda
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | - P.-L. Tan
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm, 10691 Sweden
| | - D. Tatananni
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
| | - A. Terliuk
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D. Thers
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - F. Toschi
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. Trinchero
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
| | - C. Tunnell
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
| | - F. Tönnies
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - K. Valerius
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. Volta
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - C. Weinheimer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - M. Weiss
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001 Israel
| | - D. Wenz
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J. Westermann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C. Wittweg
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - T. Wolf
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V. H. S. Wu
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - Y. Xing
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France
| | - D. Xu
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - Z. Xu
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - M. Yamashita
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, 506-1205 Japan
| | - L. Yang
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
| | - J. Ye
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172 China
| | - L. Yuan
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - G. Zavattini
- INFN-Ferrara and Dip. di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
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Heinze J, Gill A, Dmitriev A, Smetana J, Yan T, Boyer V, Martynov D, Evans M. First Results of the Laser-Interferometric Detector for Axions (LIDA). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:191002. [PMID: 38804919 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.191002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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We present the operating principle and the first observing run of a novel kind of direct detector for axions and axionlike particles in the galactic halo. Sensitive to the polarisation rotation of linearly polarised laser light induced by an axion field, our experiment is the first detector of its kind collecting scientific data. We discuss our peak sensitivity of 1.51×10^{-10} GeV^{-1} (95% confidence level) to the axion-photon coupling strength in the axion mass range of 1.97-2.01 neV which is, for instance, motivated by supersymmetric grand-unified theories. We also report on effects that arise in our high-finesse in-vacuum cavity at an unprecedented optical continuous-wave intensity of 4.7 MW/cm^{2}. Our detector already belongs to the most sensitive direct searches within its measurement band, and our results pave the way towards surpassing the current sensitivity limits even of astrophysical observations in the mass range from 10^{-8} down to 10^{-16} eV via quantum-enhanced laser interferometry, especially with the potential of scaling our detector up to kilometer length.
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- Joscha Heinze
- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Haselschwardt SJ, Gibbons R, Chen H, Kravitz S, Manalaysay A, Xia Q, Lippincott WH, Sorensen P. First Measurement of Discrimination between Helium and Electron Recoils in Liquid Xenon for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:111801. [PMID: 38563938 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.111801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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We report the first measurement of discrimination between low-energy helium recoils and electron recoils in liquid xenon. This result is relevant to proposed low-mass dark matter searches which seek to dissolve light target nuclei in the active volume of liquid-xenon time projection chambers. Low-energy helium recoils were produced by degrading α particles from ^{210}Po with a gold foil situated on the cathode of a liquid xenon time-projection chamber. The resulting population of helium recoil events is well separated from electron recoils and is also offset from the expected position of xenon nuclear recoil events.
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- S J Haselschwardt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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An H, Chen X, Ge S, Liu J, Luo Y. Searching for ultralight dark matter conversion in solar corona using Low Frequency Array data. Nat Commun 2024; 15:915. [PMID: 38291021 PMCID: PMC10828470 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Ultralight dark photons and axions are well-motivated hypothetical dark matter candidates. Both dark photon dark matter and axion dark matter can resonantly convert into electromagnetic waves in the solar corona when their mass is equal to the solar plasma frequency. The resultant electromagnetic waves appear as monochromatic signals within the radio-frequency range with an energy equal to the dark matter mass, which can be detected via radio telescopes for solar observations. Here we show our search for converted monochromatic signals in the observational data collected by the high-sensitivity Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope and establish an upper limit on the kinetic mixing coupling between dark photon dark matter and photon, which can reach values as low as 10-13 within the frequency range of 30 - 80 MHz. This limit represents an improvement of approximately one order of magnitude better than the existing constraint from the cosmic microwave background observation. Additionally, we derive an upper limit on the axion-photon coupling within the same frequency range, which is better than the constraints from Light-Shining-through-a-Wall experiments while not exceeding the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) experiment or other astrophysical bounds.
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- Haipeng An
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
- Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
- Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China.
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- School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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- Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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- Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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Bondar A, Buzulutskov A, Frolov E, Borisova E, Nosov V, Oleynikov V, Sokolov A. First Observation of Neutral Bremsstrahlung Electroluminescence in Liquid Argon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:241001. [PMID: 38181145 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.241001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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A recent discovery of additional mechanism of electroluminescence (EL) in noble gases due to the neutral bremsstrahlung (NBrS) effect led to a prediction that NBrS EL should be present in noble liquids as well. A theoretical model of NBrS EL in noble liquids was developed accordingly in the frameworks of Cohen-Lekner and Atrazhev. In this work, we confirm this prediction: For the first time, visible-range EL has been observed in liquid argon at electric fields reaching 90 kV/cm, using gas electron multiplier (GEM) and thick GEM structures. Absolute light yields of the EL were measured and found to be in excellent agreement with the theory, provided that the momentum-transfer cross section of electron scattering is used for calculation of the NBrS cross section (instead of the energy-transfer one).
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- A Bondar
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia and Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Adhikari G, Carlin N, Choi JJ, Choi S, Ezeribe AC, França LE, Ha C, Hahn IS, Hollick SJ, Jeon EJ, Jo JH, Joo HW, Kang WG, Kauer M, Kim BH, Kim HJ, Kim J, Kim KW, Kim SH, Kim SK, Kim WK, Kim YD, Kim YH, Ko YJ, Lee DH, Lee EK, Lee H, Lee HS, Lee HY, Lee IS, Lee J, Lee JY, Lee MH, Lee SH, Lee SM, Lee YJ, Leonard DS, Luan NT, Manzato BB, Maruyama RH, Neal RJ, Nikkel JA, Olsen SL, Park BJ, Park HK, Park HS, Park KS, Park SD, Pitta RLC, Prihtiadi H, Ra SJ, Rott C, Shin KA, Cavalcante DFFS, Scarff A, Spooner NJC, Thompson WG, Yang L, Yu GH. Search for Boosted Dark Matter in COSINE-100. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:201802. [PMID: 38039466 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.201802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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We search for energetic electron recoil signals induced by boosted dark matter (BDM) from the galactic center using the COSINE-100 array of NaI(Tl) crystal detectors at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory. The signal would be an excess of events with energies above 4 MeV over the well-understood background. Because no excess of events are observed in a 97.7 kg·yr exposure, we set limits on BDM interactions under a variety of hypotheses. Notably, we explored the dark photon parameter space, leading to competitive limits compared to direct dark photon search experiments, particularly for dark photon masses below 4 MeV and considering the invisible decay mode. Furthermore, by comparing our results with a previous BDM search conducted by the Super-Kamionkande experiment, we found that the COSINE-100 detector has advantages in searching for low-mass dark matter. This analysis demonstrates the potential of the COSINE-100 detector to search for MeV electron recoil signals produced by the dark sector particle interactions.
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- G Adhikari
- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- IBS School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Accelerator Science, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Wright Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Alves DSM, Elliott SR, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Ramani H. Dark Matter Constraints from Isomeric ^{178m}Hf. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:141801. [PMID: 37862636 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.141801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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We describe a first measurement of the radiation from a ^{178m}Hf sample to search for dark matter. The γ flux from this sample, possessed by Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear chemistry, was measured with a Ge detector at a distance of 1.2 m due to its high activity. We search for γ's that cannot arise from the radioactive decay of ^{178m}Hf but might arise from the production of a nuclear state due to the inelastic scattering with dark matter. The limits obtained on this γ flux are then translated into constraints on the parameter space of inelastic dark matter. Finally, we describe the potential reach of future studies with ^{178m}Hf.
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- D S M Alves
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Dutta B, Huang WC, Newstead JL. Probing the Dark Sector with Nuclear Transition Photons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:111801. [PMID: 37774312 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.111801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Here we present world-leading sensitivity to light (<170 MeV) dark matter (DM) using beam-dump experiments. Dark sector particles produced during pion decay at accelerator beam dumps can be detected via scattering in neutrino detectors. The decay of nuclei excited by the inelastic scattering of DM is an unexploited channel which has significantly better sensitivity than similar searches using the elastic scattering channel. We show that this channel is a powerful probe of DM by demonstrating sensitivity to the thermal relic abundance benchmark in a scalar DM dark-photon portal model. This is achieved through the use of existing data, obtained by the KARMEN experiment over two decades ago, which allow us to set world-leading constraints on this model over a wide mass range. With experimental improvements planned for the future, this technique will be able to probe the thermal relic benchmark for fermionic DM across a wide mass range.
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- Bhaskar Dutta
- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Ning X, Abdukerim A, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Cheng C, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Gu L, Guo X, Han C, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang J, Huang Z, Hou R, Hou Y, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li T, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu C, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Meng Y, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shaheed N, Shang X, Shao X, Shen G, Si L, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu M, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yao Y, Yu C, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Zeng X, Zhang D, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Su L, Wu L. Search for Light Dark Matter from the Atmosphere in PandaX-4T. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:041001. [PMID: 37566838 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.041001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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We report a search for light dark matter produced through the cascading decay of η mesons, which are created as a result of inelastic collisions between cosmic rays and Earth's atmosphere. We introduce a new and general framework, publicly accessible, designed to address boosted dark matter specifically, with which a full and dedicated simulation including both elastic and quasielastic processes of Earth attenuation effect on the dark matter particles arriving at the detector is performed. In the PandaX-4T commissioning data of 0.63 tonne·year exposure, no significant excess over background is observed. The first constraints on the interaction between light dark matter generated in the atmosphere and nucleus through a light scalar mediator are obtained. The lowest excluded cross section is set at 5.9×10^{-37} cm^{2} for a dark matter mass of 0.1 MeV/c^{2} and mediator mass of 300 MeV/c^{2}. The lowest upper limit of η to the dark matter decay branching ratio is 1.6×10^{-7}.
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- School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:041002. [PMID: 37566836 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.041002] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with an exposure of 60 live days using a fiducial mass of 5.5 t. A profile-likelihood ratio analysis shows the data to be consistent with a background-only hypothesis, setting new limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon, spin-dependent WIMP-neutron, and spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross sections for WIMP masses above 9 GeV/c^{2}. The most stringent limit is set for spin-independent scattering at 36 GeV/c^{2}, rejecting cross sections above 9.2×10^{-48} cm at the 90% confidence level.
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- J Aalbers
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C W Akerlof
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A K Al Musalhi
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - F Alder
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - A Alqahtani
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S K Alsum
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - C S Amarasinghe
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A Ames
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - T J Anderson
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - N Angelides
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Armstrong
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - M Arthurs
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S Azadi
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - A Baker
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - S Balashov
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - J W Bargemann
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - M J Barry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Barthel
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Bauer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - A Bhatti
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - B Birrittella
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - G M Blockinger
- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - R Bramante
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C A J Brew
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - J K Busenitz
- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - R Cabrita
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - C Carels
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - D L Carlsmith
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - B Carlson
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Chawla
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
| | - O Creaner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Curran
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - A Currie
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Cutter
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - C E Dahl
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
| | - A David
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - J Davis
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - T J R Davison
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - J Delgaudio
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - S Dey
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - L de Viveiros
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - A Dobi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J E Y Dobson
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - E Druszkiewicz
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
| | - T K Edberg
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - W R Edwards
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - W T Emmet
- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
| | - S R Eriksen
- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - C H Faham
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Fan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - S Fayer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - N M Fearon
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - S Fiorucci
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - P Ford
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - T Fruth
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - N J Gantos
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Garcia
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Geffre
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Genovesi
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - C Ghag
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - R Gibbons
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - E Gibson
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - M G D Gilchriese
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - S Gokhale
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - B Gomber
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - J Green
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - A Greenall
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - S Greenwood
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C B Gwilliam
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - C R Hall
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - K Hanzel
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Harrison
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - E Hartigan-O'Connor
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S J Haselschwardt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - M A Hernandez
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S A Hertel
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
| | - G Heuermann
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - C Hjemfelt
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
- University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
| | - M Khaleeq
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
- Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo, V-00120, Vatican City State
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Black Hills State University, School of Natural Sciences, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799-0002, USA
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- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Black Hills State University, School of Natural Sciences, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799-0002, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547
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Aprile E, Abe K, Agostini F, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, D'Andrea V, Decowski MP, Di Gangi P, Di Pede S, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kato N, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson D, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Messina M, et alAprile E, Abe K, Agostini F, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, D'Andrea V, Decowski MP, Di Gangi P, Di Pede S, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kato N, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson D, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Messina M, Miuchi K, Mizukoshi K, Molinario A, Moriyama S, Morå K, Mosbacher Y, Murra M, Müller J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Paetsch B, Palacio J, Peres R, Peters C, Pienaar J, Pierre M, Pizzella V, Plante G, Qi J, Qin J, Ramírez García D, Singh R, Sanchez L, Dos Santos JMF, Sarnoff I, Sartorelli G, Schreiner J, Schulte D, Schulte P, Schulze Eißing H, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Semeria F, Shagin P, Shi S, Shockley E, Silva M, Simgen H, Takeda A, Tan PL, Terliuk A, Thers D, Toschi F, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Tönnies F, Valerius K, Volta G, Weinheimer C, Weiss M, Wenz D, Wittweg C, Wolf T, Wu VHS, Xing Y, Xu D, Xu Z, Yamashita M, Yang L, Ye J, Yuan L, Zavattini G, Zhong M, Zhu T. First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:041003. [PMID: 37566859 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.041003] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment, which is based on a two-phase time projection chamber with a sensitive liquid xenon mass of 5.9 ton. During the (1.09±0.03) ton yr exposure used for this search, the intrinsic ^{85}Kr and ^{222}Rn concentrations in the liquid target are reduced to unprecedentedly low levels, giving an electronic recoil background rate of (15.8±1.3) events/ton yr keV in the region of interest. A blind analysis of nuclear recoil events with energies between 3.3 and 60.5 keV finds no significant excess. This leads to a minimum upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 2.58×10^{-47} cm^{2} for a WIMP mass of 28 GeV/c^{2} at 90% confidence level. Limits for spin-dependent interactions are also provided. Both the limit and the sensitivity for the full range of WIMP masses analyzed here improve on previous results obtained with the XENON1T experiment for the same exposure.
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- E Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics & Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics & Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics & Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- INFN-Ferrara and Dip. di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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McKeen D, Morrissey DE, Pospelov M, Ramani H, Ray A. Dark Matter Annihilation inside Large-Volume Neutrino Detectors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:011005. [PMID: 37478451 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.011005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
Abstract
New particles in theories beyond the standard model can manifest as stable relics that interact strongly with visible matter and make up a small fraction of the total dark matter abundance. Such particles represent an interesting physics target since they can evade existing bounds from direct detection due to their rapid thermalization in high-density environments. In this work we point out that their annihilation to visible matter inside large-volume neutrino telescopes can provide a new way to constrain or discover such particles. The signal is the most pronounced for relic masses in the GeV range, and can be efficiently constrained by existing Super-Kamiokande searches for dinucleon annihilation. We also provide an explicit realization of this scenario in the form of secluded dark matter coupled to a dark photon, and we show that the present method implies novel and stringent bounds on the model that are complementary to direct constraints from beam dumps, colliders, and direct detection experiments.
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- David McKeen
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Barman RK, Bélanger G, Bhattacherjee B, Godbole RM, Sengupta R. Is Light Neutralino Thermal Dark Matter in the Phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Ruled Out? PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:011802. [PMID: 37478445 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.011802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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We explore the parameter space of the phenomenological minimal supersymmetric standard model with a light neutralino thermal dark matter (m_{χ[over ˜]_{1}^{0}}≤m_{h}/2) that is consistent with current collider and astrophysical constraints. We consider both positive and negative values of the higgsino mass parameter (μ). Our investigation shows that the recent experimental results from the LHC as well as from direct detection searches for dark matter by the LUX-ZEPLIN Collaboration rule out the Z-funnel region for the μ>0 scenario. The same results severely restrict the h-funnel region for positive μ; however, the allowed points can be probed easily with few more days of data from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. In the μ<0 scenario, we find that very light higgsinos in both the Z and h funnels might survive the present constraints from the electroweakino searches at the LHC, and dedicated efforts from experimental collaborations are necessary to make conclusive statements about their present status.
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- Rahool Kumar Barman
- Department of Physical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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- LAPTh, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 9 Chemin de Bellevue, 74940 Annecy, France
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- Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Aprile E, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Clark M, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, D'Andrea V, Decowski MP, Di Gangi P, Di Pede S, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kato N, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson D, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Messina M, et alAprile E, Abe K, Ahmed Maouloud S, Althueser L, Andrieu B, Angelino E, Angevaare JR, Antochi VC, Antón Martin D, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Bellagamba L, Biondi R, Bismark A, Brookes EJ, Brown A, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Cai C, Cardoso JMR, Cichon D, Cimental Chavez AP, Clark M, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cuenca-García JJ, Cussonneau JP, D'Andrea V, Decowski MP, Di Gangi P, Di Pede S, Diglio S, Eitel K, Elykov A, Farrell S, Ferella AD, Ferrari C, Fischer H, Flierman M, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Glade-Beucke R, Grandi L, Grigat J, Guan H, Guida M, Hammann R, Higuera A, Hils C, Hoetzsch L, Hood NF, Howlett J, Iacovacci M, Itow Y, Jakob J, Joerg F, Joy A, Kato N, Kara M, Kavrigin P, Kazama S, Kobayashi M, Koltman G, Kopec A, Kuger F, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Li I, Li S, Liang S, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Liu K, Loizeau J, Lombardi F, Long J, Lopes JAM, Ma Y, Macolino C, Mahlstedt J, Mancuso A, Manenti L, Marignetti F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Martens K, Masbou J, Masson D, Masson E, Mastroianni S, Messina M, Miuchi K, Mizukoshi K, Molinario A, Moriyama S, Morå K, Mosbacher Y, Murra M, Müller J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Paetsch B, Palacio J, Pellegrini Q, Peres R, Peters C, Pienaar J, Pierre M, Pizzella V, Plante G, Pollmann TR, Qi J, Qin J, Ramírez García D, Singh R, Sanchez L, Dos Santos JMF, Sarnoff I, Sartorelli G, Schreiner J, Schulte D, Schulte P, Schulze Eißing H, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Semeria F, Shagin P, Shi S, Shockley E, Silva M, Simgen H, Takeda A, Tan PL, Terliuk A, Thers D, Toschi F, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Tönnies F, Valerius K, Volta G, Weinheimer C, Weiss M, Wenz D, Wittweg C, Wolf T, Wu VHS, Xing Y, Xu D, Xu Z, Yamashita M, Yang L, Ye J, Yuan L, Zavattini G, Zhong M, Zhu T. Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:261002. [PMID: 37450817 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.261002] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We use 219.4 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment to conduct a blind search for signals from multiply interacting massive particles (MIMPs). Their unique track signature allows a targeted analysis with only 0.05 expected background events from muons. Following unblinding, we observe no signal candidate events. This Letter places strong constraints on spin-independent interactions of dark matter particles with a mass between 1×10^{12} and 2×10^{17} GeV/c^{2}. In addition, we present the first exclusion limits on spin-dependent MIMP-neutron and MIMP-proton cross sections for dark matter particles with masses close to the Planck scale.
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- E Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini," University of Napoli and INFN-Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, 75005 Paris, France
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- New York University Abu Dhabi-Center for Astro, Particle and Planetary Physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Department of Physics, University of Torino and INFN-Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- INFN-Ferrara and Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Li S, Wu M, Abdukerim A, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng C, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Gu L, Guo X, Han C, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang Z, Hou R, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Meng Y, Ning X, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shaheed N, Shang C, Shang X, Shen G, Si L, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yao Y, You Z, Yu C, Yuan J, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Zeng X, Zhang D, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Y. Search for Light Dark Matter with Ionization Signals in the PandaX-4T Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:261001. [PMID: 37450819 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.261001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
We report the search results of light dark matter through its interactions with shell electrons and nuclei, using the commissioning data from the PandaX-4T liquid xenon detector. Low energy events are selected to have an ionization-only signal between 60 to 200 photoelectrons, corresponding to a mean nuclear recoil energy from 0.77 to 2.54 keV and electronic recoil energy from 0.07 to 0.23 keV. With an effective exposure of 0.55 tonne·year, we set the most stringent limits within a mass range from 40 MeV/c^{2} to 10 GeV/c^{2} for pointlike dark matter-electron interaction, 100 MeV/c^{2} to 10 GeV/c^{2} for dark matter-electron interaction via a light mediator, and 3.2 to 4 GeV/c^{2} for dark matter-nucleon spin-independent interaction. For DM interaction with electrons, our limits are closing in on the parameter space predicted by the freeze-in and freeze-out mechanisms in the early Universe.
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- Shuaijie Li
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos and Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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Dessert C, Foster JW, Park Y, Safdi BR, Xu WL. Higgsino Dark Matter Confronts 14 Years of Fermi γ-Ray Data. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:201001. [PMID: 37267565 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.201001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Thermal Higgsino dark matter (DM), with mass around 1 TeV, is a well-motivated, minimal DM scenario that arises in supersymmetric extensions of the standard model. Higgsinos may naturally be the lightest superpartners in split-supersymmetry models that decouple the scalar superpartners while keeping Higgsinos and gauginos close to the TeV scale. Higgsino DM may annihilate today to give continuum γ-ray emission at energies less than a TeV in addition to a linelike signature at energies equal to the mass. Previous searches for Higgsino DM, for example with the H.E.S.S. γ-ray telescope, have not reached the necessary sensitivity to probe the Higgsino annihilation cross section. In this work we make use of 14 years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope at energies above ∼10 GeV to search for the continuum emission near the Galactic Center from Higgsino annihilation. We interpret our results using DM profiles from Milky Way analog galaxies in the FIRE-2 hydrodynamic cosmological simulations. We set the strongest constraints to date on Higgsino-like DM. Our results show a mild, ∼2σ preference for Higgsino DM with a mass near the thermal Higgsino mass and, depending on the DM density profile, the expected cross section.
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- Christopher Dessert
- Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 USA
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- Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Broerman B, Laubenstein M, Nagorny SS, Nisi S, Song N, Vincent AC. Updated and novel limits on double beta decay and dark matter-induced processes in platinum. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 2023; 83:398. [PMID: 37188220 PMCID: PMC10182166 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
A 510 day long-term measurement of a 45.3 g platinum foil acting as the sample and high voltage contact in an ultra-low-background high purity germanium detector was performed at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy). The data was used for a detailed study of double beta decay modes in natural platinum isotopes. Limits are set in the range O ( 10 14 - 10 19 ) years (90% C.L.) for several double beta decay transitions to excited states confirming, and partially extending existing limits. The highest sensitivity of the measurement, greater than 10 19 years, was achieved for the two neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay modes of the isotope 198 Pt. Additionally, novel limits for inelastic dark matter scattering on 195 Pt are placed up to mass splittings of approximately 500 keV. We analyze several techniques to extend the sensitivity and propose a few approaches for future medium-scale experiments with platinum-group elements.
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- B. Broerman
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
- Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZL UK
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
- Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 Canada
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Arnquist I, Avalos N, Baxter D, Bertou X, Castelló-Mor N, Chavarria AE, Cuevas-Zepeda J, Gutiérrez JC, Duarte-Campderros J, Dastgheibi-Fard A, Deligny O, De Dominicis C, Estrada E, Gadola N, Gaïor R, Hossbach T, Iddir L, Khalil L, Kilminster B, Lantero-Barreda A, Lawson I, Lee S, Letessier-Selvon A, Loaiza P, Lopez-Virto A, Matalon A, Munagavalasa S, McGuire KJ, Mitra P, Norcini D, Papadopoulos G, Paul S, Piers A, Privitera P, Ramanathan K, Robmann P, Settimo M, Smida R, Thomas R, Traina M, Vila I, Vilar R, Warot G, Yajur R, Zopounidis JP. First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:171003. [PMID: 37172255 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.171003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an integrated exposure of 85.23 g days, and exploits the subelectron charge resolution and low level of dark current of DAMIC-M charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Dark-matter-induced ionization signals above the detector dark current are searched for in CCD pixels with charge up to 7e^{-}. With this dataset we place limits on dark matter particles of mass between 0.53 and 1000 MeV/c^{2}, excluding unexplored regions of parameter space in the mass ranges [1.6,1000] MeV/c^{2} and [1.5,15.1] MeV/c^{2} for ultralight and heavy mediator interactions, respectively.
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- I Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble 38026, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
- SUBATECH, Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P341N2, Canada
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- SUBATECH, Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble 38026, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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Lin YH, Wu WH, Wu MR, Wong HTK. Searching for Afterglow: Light Dark Matter Boosted by Supernova Neutrinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:111002. [PMID: 37001110 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.111002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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A novel analysis is performed, incorporating time-of-flight (TOF) information to study the interactions of dark matter (DM) with standard model particles. After supernova (SN) explosions, DM with mass m_{χ}≲O(MeV) in the halo can be boosted by SN neutrinos (SNν) to relativistic speed. The SNν boosted DM (BDM) arrives on Earth with TOF which depends only on m_{χ} and is independent of the cross section. These BDMs can interact with detector targets in low-background experiments and manifest as afterglow events after the arrival of SNν. The characteristic TOF spectra of the BDM events can lead to large background suppression and unique determination of m_{χ}. New cross section constraints on sqrt[σ_{χe}σ_{χν}] are derived from SN1987a in the Large Magellanic Cloud with data from the Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande experiments. Potential sensitivities for the next galactic SN with Hyper-Kamiokande are projected. This analysis extends the existing bounds on sqrt[σ_{χe}σ_{χν}] over a broad range of r_{χ}=σ_{χν}/σ_{χe}. In particular, the improvement is by 1-3 orders of magnitude for m_{χ}<O(100 keV) for σ_{χe}∼σ_{χν}. Prospects of exploiting TOF information in other astrophysical systems to probe exotic physics with other DM candidates are discussed.
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- Yen-Hsun Lin
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan
- Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Agnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Ave M, Back HO, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonivento WM, Bottino B, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Campos MD, Canci N, Caravati M, Cargioli N, Cariello M, Carlini M, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Chashin S, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Covone G, D'Angelo D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, Derbin AV, Devoto A, D'Incecco M, Dionisi C, Dordei F, Downing M, D'Urso D, Fairbairn M, Fiorillo G, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Goretti AM, Grilli di Cortona G, Grobov A, Gromov M, Guan M, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Herner K, Hessel T, Hosseini B, Hubaut F, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ippolito V, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kimura M, Kochanek I, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lissia M, Longo G, Lychagina O, Machulin IN, Mapelli LP, Mari SM, Maricic J, Messina A, Milincic R, Monroe J, Morrocchi M, Mougeot X, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Piacentini S, et alAgnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Ave M, Back HO, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonivento WM, Bottino B, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Campos MD, Canci N, Caravati M, Cargioli N, Cariello M, Carlini M, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Chashin S, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Covone G, D'Angelo D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, Derbin AV, Devoto A, D'Incecco M, Dionisi C, Dordei F, Downing M, D'Urso D, Fairbairn M, Fiorillo G, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Goretti AM, Grilli di Cortona G, Grobov A, Gromov M, Guan M, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Herner K, Hessel T, Hosseini B, Hubaut F, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ippolito V, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kimura M, Kochanek I, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lissia M, Longo G, Lychagina O, Machulin IN, Mapelli LP, Mari SM, Maricic J, Messina A, Milincic R, Monroe J, Morrocchi M, Mougeot X, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Piacentini S, Pocar A, Poehlmann DM, Pordes S, Poudel SS, Pralavorio P, Price DD, Ragusa F, Razeti M, Razeto A, Renshaw AL, Rescigno M, Rode J, Romani A, Sablone D, Samoylov O, Sandford E, Sands W, Sanfilippo S, Savarese C, Schlitzer B, Semenov DA, Shchagin A, Sheshukov A, Skorokhvatov MD, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stracka S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Tonazzo A, Unzhakov EV, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, Wada M, Wang H, Wang Y, Westerdale S, Wojcik MM, Xiao X, Yang C, Zuzel G. Search for Dark-Matter-Nucleon Interactions via Migdal Effect with DarkSide-50. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:101001. [PMID: 36962014 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.101001] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei can result in the excitation and ionization of the recoiling atom through the so-called Migdal effect. The energy deposition from the ionization electron adds to the energy deposited by the recoiling nuclear system and allows for the detection of interactions of sub-GeV/c^{2} mass dark matter. We present new constraints for sub-GeV/c^{2} dark matter using the dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber of the DarkSide-50 experiment with an exposure of (12 306±184) kg d. The analysis is based on the ionization signal alone and significantly enhances the sensitivity of DarkSide-50, enabling sensitivity to dark matter with masses down to 40 MeV/c^{2}. Furthermore, it sets the most stringent upper limit on the spin independent dark matter nucleon cross section for masses below 3.6 GeV/c^{2}.
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- P Agnes
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics, Kings College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics, Kings College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Università di Enna Kore, Enna 94100, Italy
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, 00-614 Warsaw, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, 00-614 Warsaw, Poland
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Agnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Ave M, Back HO, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonivento WM, Bottino B, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Campos MD, Canci N, Caravati M, Cargioli N, Cariello M, Carlini M, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Chashin S, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Covone G, D'Angelo D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, Derbin AV, Devoto A, D'Incecco M, Dionisi C, Dordei F, Downing M, D'Urso D, Fiorillo G, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Goretti AM, Grilli di Cortona G, Grobov A, Gromov M, Guan M, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Herner K, Hessel T, Hosseini B, Hubaut F, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ippolito V, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kimura M, Kochanek I, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lissia M, Longo G, Lychagina O, Machulin IN, Mapelli LP, Mari SM, Maricic J, Messina A, Milincic R, Monroe J, Morrocchi M, Mougeot X, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Piacentini S, Pocar A, et alAgnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Ave M, Back HO, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonivento WM, Bottino B, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Campos MD, Canci N, Caravati M, Cargioli N, Cariello M, Carlini M, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Chashin S, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Covone G, D'Angelo D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, Derbin AV, Devoto A, D'Incecco M, Dionisi C, Dordei F, Downing M, D'Urso D, Fiorillo G, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Goretti AM, Grilli di Cortona G, Grobov A, Gromov M, Guan M, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Herner K, Hessel T, Hosseini B, Hubaut F, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ippolito V, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kimura M, Kochanek I, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lissia M, Longo G, Lychagina O, Machulin IN, Mapelli LP, Mari SM, Maricic J, Messina A, Milincic R, Monroe J, Morrocchi M, Mougeot X, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Piacentini S, Pocar A, Poehlmann DM, Pordes S, Poudel SS, Pralavorio P, Price DD, Ragusa F, Razeti M, Razeto A, Renshaw AL, Rescigno M, Rode J, Romani A, Sablone D, Samoylov O, Sands W, Sanfilippo S, Sandford E, Savarese C, Schlitzer B, Semenov DA, Shchagin A, Sheshukov A, Skorokhvatov MD, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stracka S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Tonazzo A, Unzhakov EV, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, Wada M, Wang H, Wang Y, Westerdale S, Wojcik MM, Xiao X, Yang C, Zuzel G. Search for Dark Matter Particle Interactions with Electron Final States with DarkSide-50. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:101002. [PMID: 36962032 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.101002] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We present a search for dark matter particles with sub-GeV/c^{2} masses whose interactions have final state electrons using the DarkSide-50 experiment's (12 306±184) kg d low-radioactivity liquid argon exposure. By analyzing the ionization signals, we exclude new parameter space for the dark matter-electron cross section σ[over ¯]_{e}, the axioelectric coupling constant g_{Ae}, and the dark photon kinetic mixing parameter κ. We also set the first dark matter direct-detection constraints on the mixing angle |U_{e4}|^{2} for keV/c^{2} sterile neutrinos.
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- P Agnes
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics, Kings College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Università di Enna Kore, Enna 94100, Italy
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, 00-614 Warsaw, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, 00-614 Warsaw, Poland
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Kotaka S, Adachi S, Fujinaka R, Honda S, Nakata H, Seino Y, Sueno Y, Sumida T, Suzuki J, Tajima O, Takeichi S. Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter in the Mass Range 74-110 μeV with a Cryogenic Millimeter-Wave Receiver. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:071805. [PMID: 36867799 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.071805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We search for the dark photon dark matter (DPDM) using a cryogenic millimeter-wave receiver. DPDM has a kinetic coupling with electromagnetic fields with a coupling constant of χ and is converted into ordinary photons at the surface of a metal plate. We search for signal of this conversion in the frequency range 18-26.5 GHz, which corresponds to the mass range 74-110 μeV/c^{2}. We observed no significant signal excess, allowing us to set an upper bound of χ<(0.3-2.0)×10^{-10} at 95% confidence level. This is the most stringent constraint to date and tighter than cosmological constraints. Improvements from previous studies are obtained by employing a cryogenic optical path and a fast spectrometer.
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- S Kotaka
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Division of Physics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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The Phenomenological Research on Higgs and Dark Matter in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Symmetry (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/sym15020456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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The Z3-invariant next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model (NMSSM) can provide a candidate for dark matter (DM). It can also be used to explain the hypothesis that the Higgs signal observed on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) comes from the contribution of the two lightest CP-even Higgs bosons, whose masses are near 125 GeV. At present, XENON1T, LUX, and PandaX experiments have imposed very strict restrictions on direct collision cross sections of dark matter. In this paper, we consider a scenario that the observed Higgs signal is the superposition of two mass-degenerate Higgs in the Z3-invariant NMSSM and scan the seven-dimension parameter space composing of λ,κ,tanβ,μ,Ak,At,M1 via the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method. We find that the DM relic density, as well as the LHC searches for sparticles, especially the DM direct detections, has provided a strong limit on the parameter space. The allowed parameter space is featured by a relatively small μ≤300 GeV and about tanβ∈(10,20). In addition, the DM is Higgsino-dominated because of |2κλ|>1. Moreover, the co-annihilation between χ˜10 and χ˜1± must be taken into account to obtain the reasonable DM relic density.
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Akimov D, An P, Awe C, Barbeau PS, Becker B, Belov V, Bernardi I, Blackston MA, Bock C, Bolozdynya A, Browning J, Cabrera-Palmer B, Chernyak D, Conley E, Daughhetee J, Detwiler J, Ding K, Durand MR, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Fabris L, Febbraro M, Gallo Rosso A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Green MP, Heath MR, Hedges S, Hoang D, Hughes M, Johnson T, Khromov A, Konovalov A, Kozlova E, Kumpan A, Li L, Link JM, Liu J, Mann K, Markoff DM, Mastroberti J, Mueller PE, Newby J, Parno DS, Penttila SI, Pershey D, Rapp R, Raybern J, Razuvaeva O, Reyna D, Rich GC, Ross J, Rudik D, Runge J, Salvat DJ, Salyapongse AM, Sander J, Scholberg K, Shakirov A, Simakov G, Sinev G, Snow WM, Sosnovtsev V, Suh B, Tayloe R, Tellez-Giron-Flores K, Tolstukhin I, Ujah E, Vanderwerp J, Varner RL, Virtue CJ, Visser G, Wongjirad T, Yen YR, Yoo J, Yu CH, Zettlemoyer J. First Probe of Sub-GeV Dark Matter beyond the Cosmological Expectation with the COHERENT CsI Detector at the SNS. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:051803. [PMID: 36800477 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.051803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The COHERENT Collaboration searched for scalar dark matter particles produced at the Spallation Neutron Source with masses between 1 and 220 MeV/c^{2} using a CsI[Na] scintillation detector sensitive to nuclear recoils above 9 keV_{nr}. No evidence for dark matter is found and we thus place limits on allowed parameter space. With this low-threshold detector, we are sensitive to coherent elastic scattering between dark matter and nuclei. The cross section for this process is orders of magnitude higher than for other processes historically used for accelerator-based direct-detection searches so that our small, 14.6 kg detector significantly improves on past constraints. At peak sensitivity, we reject the flux consistent with the cosmologically observed dark-matter concentration for all coupling constants α_{D}<0.64, assuming a scalar dark-matter particle. We also calculate the sensitivity of future COHERENT detectors to dark-matter signals which will ambitiously test multiple dark-matter spin scenarios.
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- D Akimov
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Twin Supersymmetric Dark Matter in Light of the First LZ Results. Symmetry (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/sym15020386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We review the status of dark matter (DM) candidates in supersymmetric Twin Higgs models in light of the first results of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. We found that, for twin bino-dominated DM, the new results strengthened the lower bound on the higgsino mass. However, a large part of the parameter space consistent with natural electroweak symmetry breaking is still allowed. In the case of twin-stau DM, the new results imply that, if the thermal abundance of the twin-stau LSP fits the observed density of DM, the twin stau cannot have a large left-handed component anymore.
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kaneshima R, Kashiwagi Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Mine S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakano Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Noguchi Y, Okamoto K, Sato K, Sekiya H, Shiba H, Shimizu K, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Watanabe S, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Tomiya T, Wang X, Xia J, Yoshida S, Megias GD, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Ospina N, Zaldivar B, Pointon BW, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich NJ, Kropp WR, Locke S, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Yankelevich A, Hill J, Park RG, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Bernard L, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Mueller TA, Santos AD, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang JS, Learned JG, Choi K, Cao S, Anthony LHV, Martin D, Scott M, Sztuc AA, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi MG, Radicioni E, Calabria NF, Machado LN, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Mattiazzi M, Ludovici L, Gonin M, Pronost G, Fujisawa C, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Friend M, et alAbe K, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kaneshima R, Kashiwagi Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Mine S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakano Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Noguchi Y, Okamoto K, Sato K, Sekiya H, Shiba H, Shimizu K, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Watanabe S, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Tomiya T, Wang X, Xia J, Yoshida S, Megias GD, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Ospina N, Zaldivar B, Pointon BW, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich NJ, Kropp WR, Locke S, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Yankelevich A, Hill J, Park RG, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Bernard L, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Mueller TA, Santos AD, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang JS, Learned JG, Choi K, Cao S, Anthony LHV, Martin D, Scott M, Sztuc AA, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi MG, Radicioni E, Calabria NF, Machado LN, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Mattiazzi M, Ludovici L, Gonin M, Pronost G, Fujisawa C, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Kobayashi T, Jakkapu M, Matsubara T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Boschi T, Di Lodovico F, Gao J, Goldsack A, Katori T, Migenda J, Taani M, Zsoldos S, Kotsar Y, Ozaki H, Suzuki AT, Takeuchi Y, Bronner C, Feng J, Kikawa T, Mori M, Nakaya T, Wendell RA, Yasutome K, Jenkins SJ, McCauley N, Mehta P, Tsui KM, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Menjo H, Ninomiya K, Lagoda J, Lakshmi SM, Mandal M, Mijakowski P, Prabhu YS, Zalipska J, Jia M, Jiang J, Jung CK, Wilking MJ, Yanagisawa C, Harada M, Ishino H, Ito S, Kitagawa H, Koshio Y, Nakanishi F, Sakai S, Barr G, Barrow D, Cook L, Samani S, Wark D, Nova F, Yang JY, Malek M, McElwee JM, Stone O, Thiesse MD, Thompson LF, Okazawa H, Kim SB, Seo JW, Yu I, Ichikawa AK, Nakamura KD, Tairafune S, Nishijima K, Iwamoto K, Nakagiri K, Nakajima Y, Taniuchi N, Yokoyama M, Martens K, de Perio P, Vagins MR, Kuze M, Izumiyama S, Inomoto M, Ishitsuka M, Ito H, Kinoshita T, Matsumoto R, Ommura Y, Shigeta N, Shinoki M, Suganuma T, Yamauchi K, Martin JF, Tanaka HA, Towstego T, Akutsu R, Gousy-Leblanc V, Hartz M, Konaka A, Prouse NW, Chen S, Xu BD, Zhang B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Hadley D, Nicholson M, O'Flaherty M, Richards B, Ali A, Jamieson B, Marti L, Minamino A, Pintaudi G, Sano S, Suzuki S, Wada K. Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:031802. [PMID: 36763398 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.031802] [Show More Authors] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
We report a search for cosmic-ray boosted dark matter with protons using the 0.37 megaton×years data collected at Super-Kamiokande experiment during the 1996-2018 period (SKI-IV phase). We searched for an excess of proton recoils above the atmospheric neutrino background from the vicinity of the Galactic Center. No such excess is observed, and limits are calculated for two reference models of dark matter with either a constant interaction cross section or through a scalar mediator. This is the first experimental search for boosted dark matter with hadrons using directional information. The results present the most stringent limits on cosmic-ray boosted dark matter and exclude the dark matter-nucleon elastic scattering cross section between 10^{-33}cm^{2} and 10^{-27}cm^{2} for dark matter mass from 1 MeV/c^{2} to 300 MeV/c^{2}.
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- K Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 3H2, Canada
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Junior College, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka 425-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3L8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Ma W, Abdukerim A, Cheng C, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Gu L, Guo X, Han C, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang Z, Hou R, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li S, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma Y, Mao Y, Shaheed N, Meng Y, Ning X, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shang C, Shang X, Shen G, Si L, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu M, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yu C, Yuan J, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Zeng X, Zhang D, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Y. Search for Solar ^{8}B Neutrinos in the PandaX-4T Experiment Using Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:021802. [PMID: 36706410 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.021802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
A search for interactions from solar ^{8}B neutrinos elastically scattering off xenon nuclei using PandaX-4T commissioning data is reported. The energy threshold of this search is further lowered compared with the previous search for dark matter, with various techniques utilized to suppress the background that emerges from data with the lowered threshold. A blind analysis is performed on the data with an effective exposure of 0.48 tonne year, and no significant excess of events is observed. Among the results obtained using the neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, our results give the best constraint on the solar ^{8}B neutrino flux. We further provide a more stringent limit on the cross section between dark matter and nucleon in the mass range from 3 to 9 GeV/c^{2}.
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- Wenbo Ma
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - Chen Cheng
- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
| | - Zihao Bo
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - Wei Chen
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos and Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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Kobayashi T, Takamizawa A, Akamatsu D, Kawasaki A, Nishiyama A, Hosaka K, Hisai Y, Wada M, Inaba H, Tanabe T, Yasuda M. Search for Ultralight Dark Matter from Long-Term Frequency Comparisons of Optical and Microwave Atomic Clocks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:241301. [PMID: 36563281 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.241301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
We search for ultralight scalar dark matter candidates that induce oscillations of the fine structure constant, the electron and quark masses, and the quantum chromodynamics energy scale with frequency comparison data between a ^{171}Yb optical lattice clock and a ^{133}Cs fountain microwave clock that span 298 days with an uptime of 15.4%. New limits on the couplings of the scalar dark matter to electrons and gluons in the mass range from 10^{-22} to 10^{-20} eV/c^{2} are set, assuming that each of these couplings is the dominant source of the modulation in the frequency ratio. The absolute frequency of the ^{171}Yb clock transition is also determined as 518 295 836 590 863.69(28) Hz, which is one of the important contributions toward a redefinition of the second in the International System of Units.
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- Takumi Kobayashi
- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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Dai WH, Jia LP, Ma H, Yue Q, Kang KJ, Li YJ, An HP, C G, Chang JP, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Deng Z, Fang CH, Geng XP, Gong H, Guo QJ, Guo XY, He L, He SM, Hu JW, Huang HX, Huang TC, Jia HT, Jiang X, Karmakar S, Li HB, Li JM, Li J, Li QY, Li RMJ, Li XQ, Li YL, Liang YF, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu Y, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Mao YC, Nie QY, Ning JH, Pan H, Qi NC, Ren J, Ruan XC, She Z, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wong HT, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu R, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan YL, Yang LT, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang BT, Zhang FS, Zhang L, Zhang ZH, Zhang ZY, Zhao KK, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ. Exotic Dark Matter Search with the CDEX-10 Experiment at China's Jinping Underground Laboratory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:221802. [PMID: 36493447 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.221802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
A search for exotic dark matter (DM) in the sub-GeV mass range has been conducted using 205 kg day data taken from a p-type point contact germanium detector of the CDEX-10 experiment at China's Jinping underground laboratory. New low-mass dark matter searching channels, neutral current fermionic DM absorption (χ+A→ν+A) and DM-nucleus 3→2 scattering (χ+χ+A→ϕ+A), have been analyzed with an energy threshold of 160 eVee. No significant signal was found; thus new limits on the DM-nucleon interaction cross section are set for both models at the sub-GeV DM mass region. A cross section limit for the fermionic DM absorption is set to be 2.5×10^{-46} cm^{2} (90% C.L.) at DM mass of 10 MeV/c^{2}. For the DM-nucleus 3→2 scattering scenario, limits are extended to DM mass of 5 and 14 MeV/c^{2} for the massless dark photon and bound DM final state, respectively.
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- W H Dai
- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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Zhang ZY, Yang LT, Yue Q, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Dai WH, Deng Z, Fang CH, Geng XP, Gong H, Guo QJ, Guo XY, He L, He SM, Hu JW, Huang HX, Huang TC, Jia HT, Jiang X, Li HB, Li JM, Li J, Li QY, Li RMJ, Li XQ, Li YL, Liang YF, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu Y, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Ma H, Mao YC, Nie QY, Ning JH, Pan H, Qi NC, Ren J, Ruan XC, Saraswat K, Sharma V, She Z, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wong HT, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu R, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan YL, Yeh CH, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang BT, Zhang FS, Zhang L, Zhang ZH, Zhao KK, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ. Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from the CDEX-10 Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:221301. [PMID: 36493436 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.221301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
We present improved germanium-based constraints on sub-GeV dark matter via dark matter-electron (χ-e) scattering using the 205.4 kg·day dataset from the CDEX-10 experiment. Using a novel calculation technique, we attain predicted χ-e scattering spectra observable in high-purity germanium detectors. In the heavy mediator scenario, our results achieve 3 orders of magnitude of improvement for m_{χ} larger than 80 MeV/c^{2} compared to previous germanium-based χ-e results. We also present the most stringent χ-e cross-section limit to date among experiments using solid-state detectors for m_{χ} larger than 90 MeV/c^{2} with heavy mediators and m_{χ} larger than 100 MeV/c^{2} with electric dipole coupling. The result proves the feasibility and demonstrates the vast potential of a new χ-e detection method with high-purity germanium detectors in ultralow radioactive background.
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- Z Y Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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Cichon D, Eurin G, Jörg F, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Rupp N. Scintillation decay-time constants for alpha particles and electrons in liquid xenon. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:113302. [PMID: 36461423 DOI: 10.1063/5.0087216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Understanding liquid xenon scintillation and ionization processes is of great interest to improve analysis methods in current and future detectors. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of the scintillation process for excitation by O(10 keV) electrons from a 83mKr source and O(6 MeV) α-particles from a 222Rn source, both mixed with the xenon target. The single photon sampling method is used to record photon arrival times in order to obtain the corresponding time distributions for different applied electric fields between about 0.8 V cm-1 to 1.2 kV cm-1. Energy and field dependencies of the signals, which are observed in the results, are discussed.
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- Dominick Cichon
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Gu L, Abdukerim A, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng C, Cheng Y, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Guo X, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang Z, Hou R, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li S, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Shaheed N, Meng Y, Ning X, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shang C, Shang X, Shen G, Si L, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu M, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yao Y, Yu C, Yuan J, Yuan Y, Zeng X, Zhang D, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Y. First Search for the Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter with the PandaX-4T Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:161803. [PMID: 36306747 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.161803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Compared with the signature of dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei, the absorption of fermionic dark matter by nuclei opens up a new searching channel for light dark matter with a characteristic monoenergetic signal. In this Letter, we explore the 95.0-day data from the PandaX-4T commissioning run and report the first dedicated searching results of the fermionic dark matter absorption signal through a neutral current process. No significant signal was found, and the lowest limit on the dark matter-nucleon interaction cross section is set to be 1.5×10^{-50} cm^{2} for a fermionic dark matter mass of 40 MeV/c^{2} with 90% confidence level.
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- Linhui Gu
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos and Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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Zhang D, Abdukerim A, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng C, Cheng Z, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Gu L, Guo X, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang Z, Hou R, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li S, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Shaheed N, Meng Y, Ning X, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shang C, Shang X, Shen G, Si L, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu M, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yu C, Yuan J, Yuan Y, Zeng X, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Ge SF, He XG, Ma XD, Sheng J. Search for Light Fermionic Dark Matter Absorption on Electrons in PandaX-4T. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:161804. [PMID: 36306755 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.161804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We report a search on sub-MeV fermionic dark matter absorbed by electrons with an outgoing active neutrino using the 0.63 tonne year exposure collected by the PandaX-4T liquid xenon experiment. No significant signals are observed over the expected background. The data are interpreted into limits to the effective couplings between such dark matter and the electron. For axial-vector or vector interactions, our sensitivity is competitive in comparison to existing astrophysical bounds on the decay of such a dark matter candidate into photon final states. In particular, we present the first direct detection limits for a vector (axial-vector) interaction which are the strongest in the mass range from 35 to 55 (25 to 45) keV/c^{2} in comparison to other astrophysical and cosmological constraints.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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On the Suppression of the Dark Matter-Nucleon Scattering Cross Section in the SE6SSM. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14102090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the E6 inspired U(1)N extension of the minimal supersymmetric (SUSY) standard model (MSSM), a single discrete Z˜2H symmetry permits suppressing rapid proton decay and non-diagonal flavor transitions. If matter parity and Z˜2H symmetry are preserved in this SUSY model (SE6SSM), it may involve two dark matter candidates. In this article, we study a new modification of the SE6SSM in which the cold dark matter is composed of gravitino and the lightest neutral exotic fermion. We argue that, in this case, the dark matter nucleon scattering cross-section can be considerably smaller than the present experimental limit.
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Prospects for Heavy Neutral SUSY HIGGS Scalars in the hMSSM and Natural SUSY at LHC Upgrades. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14102061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We examine production and decay of heavy neutral SUSY Higgs bosons pp→H,A→ττ¯ within the hMSSM and compare against a perhaps more plausible natural supersymmetry scenario dubbed mh125(nat) which allows for a natural explanation for mweak≃mW,Z,h∼100 GeV while maintaining mh≃125 GeV. We evaluate signal against various Standard Model backgrounds from γ,Z→ττ¯, tt¯ and vector boson pair production VV. We combine the transverse mass method for back-to-back (BtB) taus along with the ditau mass peak mττ method for acollinear taus as our signal channels. This technique ultimately gives a boost to the signal significance over the standard technique of using just the BtB signal channel. We evaluate both the 95% CL exclusion and 5σ discovery reach in the mA vs. tanβ plane for present LHC with 139 fb−1, Run 3 with 300 fb−1 and high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) with 3000 fb−1 of integrated luminosity. For tanβ=10, the exclusion limits range up to mA∼1, 1.1 and 1.4 TeV, respectively. These may be compared to the range of mA values gleaned from a statistical analysis of the string landscape wherein mA can range up to ∼8 TeV.
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Kunčinas A, Ogreid O, Osland P, Rebelo M. Dark matter in a
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-violating three-Higgs-doublet model with
S3
symmetry. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.075002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Alves A, Duarte L, Kovalenko S, Oviedo-Torres Y, Queiroz F, Villamizar Y. Constraining 3-3-1 models at the LHC and future hadron colliders. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.055027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Xu R, Yang L, Yue Q, Kang K, Li Y, Agartioglu M, An H, Chang J, Chen Y, Cheng J, Dai W, Deng Z, Fang C, Geng X, Gong H, Guo X, Guo Q, He L, He S, Hu J, Huang H, Huang T, Jia H, Jiang X, Li H, Li J, Li J, Li Q, Li R, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Liao B, Lin F, Lin S, Liu S, Liu Y, Liu Y, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ma H, Mao Y, Nie Q, Ning J, Pan H, Qi N, Ren J, Ruan X, Saraswat K, Sharma V, She Z, Singh M, Sun T, Tang C, Tang W, Tian Y, Wang G, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wong H, Wu S, Wu Y, Xing H, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan Y, Yeh C, Yi N, Yu C, Yu H, Yue J, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang B, Zhang F, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao K, Zhao M, Zhou J, Zhou Z, Zhu J. Constraints on sub-GeV dark matter boosted by cosmic rays from the CDEX-10 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.052008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sassi S, Heikinheimo M, Tuominen K, Kuronen A, Byggmästar J, Nordlund K, Mirabolfathi N. Energy loss in low energy nuclear recoils in dark matter detector materials. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.063012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Akimov D, An P, Awe C, Barbeau P, Becker B, Belov V, Bernardi I, Blackston M, Bock C, Bolozdynya A, Bouabid R, Browning J, Cabrera-Palmer B, Chernyak D, Conley E, Daughhetee J, Detwiler J, Ding K, Durand M, Efremenko Y, Elliott S, Fabris L, Febbraro M, Gallo Rosso A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Green M, Heath M, Hedges S, Hoang D, Hughes M, Johnson B, Johnson T, Khromov A, Konovalov A, Kozlova E, Kumpan A, Li L, Link J, Liu J, Major A, Mann K, Markoff D, Mastroberti J, Mattingly J, Mueller P, Newby J, Parno D, Penttila S, Pershey D, Prior C, Rapp R, Ray H, Razuvaeva O, Reyna D, Rich G, Ross J, Rudik D, Runge J, Salvat D, Salyapongse A, Sander J, Scholberg K, Shakirov A, Simakov G, Snow W, Sosnovstsev V, Suh B, Tayloe R, Tellez-Giron-Flores K, Tolstukhin I, Ujah E, Vanderwerp J, Varner R, Virtue C, Visser G, Wongjirad T, Yen YR, Yoo J, Yu CH, Zettlemoyer J. COHERENT constraint on leptophobic dark matter using CsI data. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.052004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ali B, Arnquist I, Baxter D, Behnke E, Bressler M, Broerman B, Chen C, Clark K, Collar J, Cooper P, Cripe C, Crisler M, Dahl C, Das M, Durnford D, Fallows S, Farine J, Filgas R, García-Viltres A, Giroux G, Harris O, Hillier T, Hoppe E, Jackson C, Jin M, Krauss C, Kumar V, Laurin M, Lawson I, Leblanc A, Leng H, Levine I, Licciardi C, Linden S, Mitra P, Monette V, Moore C, Neilson R, Noble A, Nozard H, Pal S, Piro MC, Plante A, Priya S, Rethmeier C, Robinson A, Savoie J, Sonnenschein A, Starinski N, Štekl I, Tiwari D, Vázquez-Jáuregui E, Wichoski U, Zacek V, Zhang J. Results on photon-mediated dark-matter–nucleus interactions from the PICO-60
C3F8
bubble chamber. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.042004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Amarasinghe C, Coronel R, Huang D, Liu Y, Arthurs M, Steinfeld S, Lorenzon W, Gaitskell R. Feasibility study to use neutron capture for an ultralow energy nuclear-recoil calibration in liquid xenon. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.032007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Croon D, Davoudiasl H, Houtz R. Leptogenesis enabled by dark matter. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.035006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yang JM, Zhang Y. Low energy SUSY confronted with new measurements of W-boson mass and muon g-2. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2022; 67:1430-1436. [PMID: 36546185 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The new CDF II measurement of W-boson mass shows a 7σ deviation from the standard model (SM) prediction, while the recent FNAL measurement of the muon g-2 shows a 4.2σ deviation (combined with the BNL result) from the SM. Both of them strongly indicate new physics beyond the SM. In this work, we study the implication of both measurements on low energy supersymmetry. With an extensive exploration of the parameter space of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), we find that in the parameter space allowed by current experimental constraints from colliders and dark matter detections, the MSSM can simultaneously explain both measurements on the edge of 2σ level, taking theoretical uncertainties into consideration. The favored parameter space, characterized by a compressed spectrum between bino, wino and stau, with the stop being around 1 TeV, may be covered in the near future LHC searches.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin-Min Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Physical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Dutta S, Saini LK. Limiting heavy-quark and gluonphilic real dark matter. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.015026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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