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1. Precision Measurement of the Specific Activity of $^{39}$Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector

Author

Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Alpízar-Venegas, M., Amaudruz, P. -A., Anstey, J., Araujo, G. R., Auty, D. J., Baldwin, M., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Benmansour, H., Bina, C. E., Bonatt, J., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M. G., Broerman, B., Bueno, J. F., Burghardt, P. M., Butcher, A., Cadeddu, M., Cai, B., Cárdenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, M., Chen, Y., Choudhary, S., Cleveland, B. T., Corning, J. M., Crampton, R., Cranshaw, D., Daughtery, S., DelGobbo, P., Dering, K., Di Stefano, P., DiGioseffo, J., Dolganov, G., Doria, L., Duncan, F. A., Dunford, M., Ellingwood, E., Erlandson, A., Farahani, S. S., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Florian, S., Flower, A., Ford, R. J., Gagnon, R., Gallacher, D., Abia, P. García, Garg, S., Giampa, P., Giménez-Alcázar, A., Goeldi, D., Golovko, V. V., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grant, D. R., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P. J., Haskins, S., Hearns, C., Hu, J., Hucker, J., Hugues, T., Ilyasov, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Jillings, C. J., Joy, A., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kuźniak, M., La Zia, F., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Leonhardt, A., LePage-Bourbonnais, J., Levashko, N., Lidgard, J., Lindner, T., Lissia, M., Lock, J., Machulin, I., Majewski, P., Maru, A., Mason, J., McDonald, A. B., McElroy, T., McGinn, T., McLaughlin, J. B., Mehdiyev, R., Mielnichuk, C., Mirasola, L., Monroe, J., Nadeau, P., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A. J., O'Dwyer, E., Oliviéro, G., Ouellet, C., Pal, S., Papi, D., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S. J. M., Perry, M., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piro, M. -C., Pollmann, T. R., Rad, F., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., García, I. Rodríguez, Roszkowski, L., Ruhland, J. B., Santorelli, R., Schuckman II, F. G., Seeburn, N., Seth, S., Shalamova, V., Singhrao, K., Skensved, P., Smith, N. J. T., Smith, B., Sobotkiewich, K., Sonley, T., Sosiak, J., Soukup, J., Stainforth, R., Stone, C., Strickland, V., Stringer, M., Sur, B., Tang, J., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Veloce, L., Viel, S., Vyas, B., Walczak, M., Walding, J., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., and Zuñiga-Reyes, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The specific activity of the beta decay of $^{39}$Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (3269 $\pm$ 24) kg of liquid argon distilled from the atmosphere to search for dark matter. This detector with very low background uses pulseshape discrimination to differentiate between nuclear recoils and electron recoils and is well-suited to measure the decay of $^{39}$Ar. With 167 live-days of data, the measured specific activity at the time of atmospheric extraction is [0.964 $\pm$ 0.001 (stat) $\pm$ 0.024 (sys)] Bq/kg$_{\rm atmAr}$ which is consistent with results from other experiments. A cross-check analysis using different event selection criteria provides a consistent result.

Published
2023
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2. First Direct Detection Constraints on Planck-Scale Mass Dark Matter with Multiple-Scatter Signatures Using the DEAP-3600 Detector

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Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Alp��zar-Venegas, M., Auty, D. J., Benmansour, H., Bina, C. E., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M. G., Cadeddu, M., Cai, B., C��rdenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, Y., Cleveland, B. T., Corning, J. M., Daugherty, S., DelGobbo, P., Di Stefano, P., Doria, L., Dunford, M., Ellingwood, E., Erlandson, A., Farahani, S. S., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Gallacher, D., Abia, P. Garc��a, Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Hamstra, M., Hugues, T., Ilyasov, A., Joy, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Jillings, C. J., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I., Ku{��}niak, M., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Leonhardt, A., Levashko, N., Li, X., Lissia, M., Litvinov, O., Lock, J., Longo, G., Machulin, I., McDonald, A. B., McElroy, T., McLaughlin, J. B., Mielnichuk, C., Mirasola, L., Monroe, J., Olivi��ro, G., Pal, S., Peeters, S. J. M., Perry, M., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piro, M. -C., Pollmann, T. R., Raj, N., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Reti��re, F., Rodr��guez-Garc��a, I., Roszkowski, L., Ruhland, J. B., Garc��a, E. Sanchez, S��nchez-Pastor, T., Santorelli, R., Seth, S., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stringer, M., Sur, B., V��zquez-J��uregui, E., Viel, S., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., Zu��iga-Reyes, A., Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Alpizar-Venegas, M., Auty, D., Benmansour, H., Bina, C., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M., Cadeddu, M., Cai, B., Cardenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, Y., Cleveland, B., Corning, J., Daugherty, S., Delgobbo, P., Di Stefano, P., Doria, L., Dunford, M., Ellingwood, E., Erlandson, A., Farahani, S., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Gallacher, D., Garcia Abia, P., Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grobov, A., Hallin, A., Hamstra, M., Hugues, T., Ilyasov, A., Joy, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Jillings, C., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I., Kuzniak, M., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Leonhardt, A., Levashko, N., Li, X., Lissia, M., Litvinov, O., Lock, J., Longo, G., Machulin, I., Mcdonald, A. B., Mcelroy, T., Mclaughlin, J., Mielnichuk, C., Mirasola, L., Monroe, J., Oliviero, G., Pal, S., Peeters, S., Perry, M., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piro, M. -C., Pollmann, T. R., Raj, N., Rand, E., Rethmeier, C., Retiere, F., Rodriguez-Garcia, I., Roszkowski, L., Ruhland, J. B., Sanchez Garcia, E., Sanchez-Pastor, T., Santorelli, R., Seth, S., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stringer, M., Sur, B., Vazquez-Jauregui, E., Viel, S., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., and Zuniga-Reyes, A.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Dark matter particles with Planck-scale mass ($\simeq10^{19}\text{GeV}/c^2$) arise in well-motivated theories and could be produced by several cosmological mechanisms. Using a blind analysis of data collected over a 813 d live time with DEAP-3600, a 3.3 t single-phase liquid argon-based dark matter experiment at SNOLAB, a search for supermassive dark matter was performed, looking for multiple-scatter signals. No candidate signal events were observed, leading to the first direct detection constraints on Planck-scale mass dark matter. Leading limits constrain dark matter masses between $8.3\times10^{6}$ and $1.2\times10^{19} \text{GeV}/c^2$, and cross sections for scattering on $^{40}$Ar between $1.0\times10^{-23}$ and $2.4\times10^{-18} \text{cm}^2$. These are used to constrain two composite dark matter models.

Published
2021

3. High-precision half-life determination of $^{14}$O via direct $\beta $ counting

Author

Sharma, S., Grinyer, G. F., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Svensson, C. E., Ali, F. A., Andreoiu, C., Bernier, N., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Coleman, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, M. R., Dunlop, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Fuakye, E. Gyabeng, Huber, G. M., Jigmeddorj, B., Kapoor, K., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Long, J., MacLean, A. D., Natzke, C. R., Olaizola, B., Radich, A. J., Saei, N., Smallcombe, J. T., Talebitaher, A., Whitmore, K., and Zidar, T.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, nucl-ex, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The half-life of the superallowed Fermi $\beta^+$ emitter $^{14}$O was determined to high precision via a direct $\beta$ counting experiment performed at the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) facility at TRIUMF. The result, $T_{1/2}$($^{14}$O) = 70619.2(76) ms, is consistent with, but is more precise than, the world average obtained from 11 previous measurements. Combining the $^{14}$O half-life deduced in the present work with the previous most precise measurements of this quantity leads to a reduction in the overall uncertainty, by nearly a factor of 2. The new world average is $T_{1/2}$($^{14}$O) = 70619.6(63) ms with a reduced $\chi^2$ value of 0.87 obtained from 8 degrees of freedom., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the European Physical Journal A

Published
2022

5. Spectroscopy of states in $^{136}\rm{Ba}$ using the $^{138}\rm{Ba}(p,t)$ reaction

Author

Rebeiro, B. M., Triambak, S., Garrett, P. E., Ball, G. C., Lindsay, R., Adsley, P., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Diaz-Varela, A., Faestermann, T., Hertenberger, R., Jigmeddorj, B., Kamil, M., Leach, K. G., Mabika, P. Z., Ondze, J. C. Nzobadila, Orce, J. N., Radich, A., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Background: The $^{136}$Ba isotope is the daughter nucleus in $^{136}$Xe $\beta\beta$ decay. It also lies in a shape transitional region of the nuclear chart, making it a suitable candidate to test a variety of nuclear models. Purpose: To obtain spectroscopic information on states in $^{136}$Ba, which will allow a better understanding of its low-lying structure. These data may prove useful to constrain future $^{136}$Xe $\to$ $^{136}$Ba neutrinoless $\beta\beta$ decay matrix element calculations. Methods: A $^{138}\mathrm{Ba}(p,t)$ reaction was used to populate states in $^{136}$Ba up to approximately 4.6 MeV in excitation energy. The tritons were detected using a high-resolution Q3D magnetic spectrograph. A distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA) analysis was performed for the measured triton angular distributions. Results: One hundred and two excited states in $^{136}$Ba were observed, out of which fifty two are reported for the first time. Definite spin-parity assignments are made for twenty six newly observed states, while previously ambiguous assignments for twelve other states are resolved., Comment: 16 pages, 15 figures, 1 table

Published
2021

6. High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement and Spin Assignment Implications for $^{62}$Ga Superallowed $\beta$ Decay

Author

MacLean, A. D., Laffoley, A. T., Svensson, C. E., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Andreoiu, C., Babu, A., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Bowry, M., Cheng, C., Cross, D. S., Diaz-Varela, A., Dillmann, I., Dunlop, M. R., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Finlay, P., Gillespie, S., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Gopaul, E., Griffin, C. J., Grinyer, G. F., Hackman, G., Henderson, J., Jigmeddorj, B., Leach, K. G., Kassanda, E., McAfee, J., Moukaddam, M., Natzke, C., Nittala, S., Olaizola, B., Park, J., Paxman, C., Pore, J. L., Porzio, C., Radich, A. J., Ruotsalainen, P., Saito, Y., Sharma, S., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Sultana, R., Turko, J., Williams, J., Yates, D., and Zidar, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A high-precision branching ratio measurement for the superallowed Fermi $\beta^{+}$ emitter $^{62}$Ga was performed with the Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN) spectrometer at the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) radioactive ion beam facility at TRIUMF. The high efficiency of the GRIFFIN spectrometer allowed 63 $\gamma$-ray transitions, with intensities down to $\approx$1 part per million (ppm) per $^{62}$Ga $\beta^{+}$ decay, to be placed in the level scheme of the daughter nucleus $^{62}$Zn, establishing the superallowed $\beta$ branching ratio for $^{62}$Ga decay to be 99.8577$^{+0.0023}_{-0.0029}\%$, a factor of 4 more precise than the previous world average. For several cascades, $\gamma-\gamma$ angular correlation measurements were performed to assign spins and/or determine the mixing ratios of transitions. In particular, the spin of the 2.342 MeV excited state in the daughter nucleus $^{62}$Zn was definitively assigned as $J = 0$. This assignment resolves a discrepancy between previous measurements and has important implications for the isospin symmetry breaking correction, $\delta_{C1}$, in $^{62}$Ga superallowed Fermi $\beta$ decay., Comment: A text label in Figure 12 has been corrected compared to the original submission

Published
2020

7. Spectroscopic study of $^{47}$Ca from the $\beta^-$ decay of $^{47}$K

Author

Smith, J. K., Garnsworthy, A. B., Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Beadle, Z., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Svensson, C. E., Williams, S. J., and Yates, S. W.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The $\beta^-$ decay of $^{47}$K to $^{47}$Ca is an appropriate mechanism for benchmarking interactions spanning the $sd$ and $pf$ shells, but current knowledge of the $\beta^-$-decay scheme is limited. We have performed a high-resolution, high-efficiency study of the $\beta^-$-decay of $^{47}$K with the GRIFFIN spectrometer at TRIUMF-ISAC. The study revealed 48 new transitions, a more precise value for the $^{47}$K half-life (17.38(3)~s), and new spin and parity assignments for eight excited states. Levels placed for the first time here raise the highest state observed in $\beta^-$ decay to within 568(3) keV of the $Q$-value and confirm the previously measured large $\beta^-$-decay branching ratios to the low-lying states. Previously unobserved $\beta^-$-feeding to 3/2$^+$ states between 4.5 and 6.1~MeV excitation energy was identified with a total $\beta^-$-feeding intensity of 1.29(2)\%. The sum of the $B(GT)$ values for these states indicates that the $1s_{1/2}$ proton hole strength near this excitation energy is comparable to the previously known $1s_{1/2}$ proton and neutron hole strengths near 2.6 MeV.

Published
2020

8. Benchmarking Xe neutrinoless Decay Matrix Element Calculations With the Ba( , ) Reaction

Author

Rebeiro, B.M., Triambak, S., Garrett, P.E., Brown, B.A., Ball, G.C., Lindsay, R., Adsley, P., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Diaz Varela, A., Faestermann, T., Fang, D.L., Hertenberger, R., Horoi, M., Jigmeddorj, B., Kamil, M., Leach, K.G., Mabika, P.Z., Nzobadila Ondze, J.C., Orce, J.N., and Wirth, H.F.

Abstract

We used a high-resolution magnetic spectrograph to study neutron pair-correlated 0+ states in $^{136}$Ba, produced via the Ba138(p,t) reaction. In conjunction with state-of-the-art shell model calculations, these data benchmark part of the dominant Gamow-Teller component of the nuclear matrix element (NME) for $^{136}$Xe neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay. We demonstrate for the first time an evaluation of part of a 0νββ decay NME by use of an experimental observable, presenting a new avenue of approach for more accurate calculations of 0νββ decay matrix elements.

Published
2020

9. Benchmarking $^{136}$Xe Neutrinoless $����$ Decay Matrix Element Calculations with the $^{138}{\rm Ba}(p,t)$ Reaction

Author

Rebeiro, B. M., Triambak, S., Garrett, P. E., Brown, B. A., Ball, G. C., Lindsay, R., Adsley, P., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Varela, A. Diaz, Faestermann, T., Fang, D. L., Hertenberger, R., Horoi, M., Jigmeddorj, B., Kamil, M., Leach, K. G., Mabika, P. Z., Ondze, J. C. Nzobadila, Orce, J. N., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We used a high-resolution magnetic spectrograph to study neutron pair-correlated $0^+$ states in $^{136}$Ba, produced via the $^{138}{\rm Ba}(p,t)$ reaction. In conjunction with state-of-the-art shell model calculations, these data benchmark part of the dominant Gamow-Teller component of the nuclear matrix element (NME) for $^{136}$Xe neutrinoless double beta ($0������$) decay. We demonstrate for the first time an evaluation of part of a $0������$ decay NME by use of an experimental observable, presenting a new avenue of approach for more accurate calculations of $0������$ decay matrix elements.

Published
2020
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10. Spectroscopic study of $^{47}$Ca from the $��^-$ decay of $^{47}$K

Author

Smith, J. K., Garnsworthy, A. B., Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Beadle, Z., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Svensson, C. E., Williams, S. J., and Yates, S. W.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Abstract

The $��^-$ decay of $^{47}$K to $^{47}$Ca is an appropriate mechanism for benchmarking interactions spanning the $sd$ and $pf$ shells, but current knowledge of the $��^-$-decay scheme is limited. We have performed a high-resolution, high-efficiency study of the $��^-$-decay of $^{47}$K with the GRIFFIN spectrometer at TRIUMF-ISAC. The study revealed 48 new transitions, a more precise value for the $^{47}$K half-life (17.38(3)~s), and new spin and parity assignments for eight excited states. Levels placed for the first time here raise the highest state observed in $��^-$ decay to within 568(3) keV of the $Q$-value and confirm the previously measured large $��^-$-decay branching ratios to the low-lying states. Previously unobserved $��^-$-feeding to 3/2$^+$ states between 4.5 and 6.1~MeV excitation energy was identified with a total $��^-$-feeding intensity of 1.29(2)\%. The sum of the $B(GT)$ values for these states indicates that the $1s_{1/2}$ proton hole strength near this excitation energy is comparable to the previously known $1s_{1/2}$ proton and neutron hole strengths near 2.6 MeV.

Published
2020
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11. High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement and Spin Assignment Implications for $^{62}$Ga Superallowed $��$ Decay

Author

MacLean, A. D., Laffoley, A. T., Svensson, C. E., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Andreoiu, C., Babu, A., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Bowry, M., Cheng, C., Cross, D. S., Diaz-Varela, A., Dillmann, I., Dunlop, M. R., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Finlay, P., Gillespie, S., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Gopaul, E., Griffin, C. J., Grinyer, G. F., Hackman, G., Henderson, J., Jigmeddorj, B., Leach, K. G., Kassanda, E., McAfee, J., Moukaddam, M., Natzke, C., Nittala, S., Olaizola, B., Park, J., Paxman, C., Pore, J. L., Porzio, C., Radich, A. J., Ruotsalainen, P., Saito, Y., Sharma, S., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Sultana, R., Turko, J., Williams, J., Yates, D., and Zidar, T.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A high-precision branching ratio measurement for the superallowed Fermi $��^{+}$ emitter $^{62}$Ga was performed with the Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN) spectrometer at the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) radioactive ion beam facility at TRIUMF. The high efficiency of the GRIFFIN spectrometer allowed 63 $��$-ray transitions, with intensities down to $\approx$1 part per million (ppm) per $^{62}$Ga $��^{+}$ decay, to be placed in the level scheme of the daughter nucleus $^{62}$Zn, establishing the superallowed $��$ branching ratio for $^{62}$Ga decay to be 99.8577$^{+0.0023}_{-0.0029}\%$, a factor of 4 more precise than the previous world average. For several cascades, $��-��$ angular correlation measurements were performed to assign spins and/or determine the mixing ratios of transitions. In particular, the spin of the 2.342 MeV excited state in the daughter nucleus $^{62}$Zn was definitively assigned as $J = 0$. This assignment resolves a discrepancy between previous measurements and has important implications for the isospin symmetry breaking correction, $��_{C1}$, in $^{62}$Ga superallowed Fermi $��$ decay., A text label in Figure 12 has been corrected compared to the original submission

Published
2020
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12. Detailed spectroscopy of $^{46}$Ca: A study of the $\beta^-$ decay of $^{46}$K

Author

Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., Smith, J. K., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Holt, J. D., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Kunz, P., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Morrison, L. N., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Southall, D., Svensson, C. E., Williams, S. J., and Yates, S. W.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report on high-statistics data from the $\beta^-$ decay of the $^{46}$K $J^{\pi}$ = 2$^-$ ground state taken with the GRIFFIN spectrometer located at the TRIUMF-ISAC facility. In total, 199 $\gamma$ rays and 42 excited states were placed in the level scheme, and from the observed $\beta$ feeding and angular correlations of pairs of cascading $\gamma$ rays, it was possible to assign spins and parities to excited states and determine mixing ratios for selected $\gamma$ rays. The level structure of $^{46}$Ca is compared to theoretical predictions from a microscopic valence-space Hamiltonian derived from two- (NN) and three-nucleon (3N) forces. These calculations are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data and indicate that the protons in this region are not as inert as would be expected for semi-magic nuclei.

Published
2019

13. Detailed spectroscopy of $^{46}$Ca: A study of the $��^-$ decay of $^{46}$K

Author

Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., Smith, J. K., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Holt, J. D., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Kunz, P., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Morrison, L. N., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Southall, D., Svensson, C. E., Williams, S. J., and Yates, S. W.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Abstract

We report on high-statistics data from the $��^-$ decay of the $^{46}$K $J^��$ = 2$^-$ ground state taken with the GRIFFIN spectrometer located at the TRIUMF-ISAC facility. In total, 199 $��$ rays and 42 excited states were placed in the level scheme, and from the observed $��$ feeding and angular correlations of pairs of cascading $��$ rays, it was possible to assign spins and parities to excited states and determine mixing ratios for selected $��$ rays. The level structure of $^{46}$Ca is compared to theoretical predictions from a microscopic valence-space Hamiltonian derived from two- (NN) and three-nucleon (3N) forces. These calculations are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data and indicate that the protons in this region are not as inert as would be expected for semi-magic nuclei.

Published
2019
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14. High-resolution (p,t) reaction measurements as spectroscopic tests of {\it ab-initio} theory in the mid $pf$-shell

Author

Leach, K. G., Holt, J. D., Garrett, P. E., Stroberg, S. R., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Faestermann, T., Hadinia, B., Hertenberger, R., Jamieson, D. S., Jigmeddorj, B., Kr��cken, R., Laffoley, A. T., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Svensson, C. E., Triambak, S., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Detailed spectroscopic measurements of excited states in $^{50}$Cr and $^{62}$Zn were performed using 24~MeV (p,t) transfer reactions on $^{52}$Cr and $^{64}$Zn, respectively. In total, forty-five states in $^{50}$Cr and sixty-seven states in $^{62}$Zn were observed up to excitation energies of 5.5~MeV, including several previously unobserved states. These experimental results are compared to {\it ab-initio} shell-model calculations using chiral effective field theory ($\chi$-EFT) with the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group (VS-IMSRG) method. This comparison demonstrates good agreement in the level orderings with these new theoretical methods, albeit with a slight over binding in the calculations. This work is part of a continued push to benchmark {\it ab-initio} theoretical techniques to nuclear structure data in $0^+\rightarrow0^+$ superallowed Fermi $\beta$ decay systems., Comment: Submitted to Physical Review C as a Regular Article. 10 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables

Published
2018

15. Testing microscopically derived descriptions of nuclear collectivity: Coulomb excitation of Mg

Author

Henderson, J., Hackman, G., Ruotsalainen, P., Stroberg, S.R., Launey, K.D., Holt, J.D., Ali, F.A., Bernier, N., Bentley, M.A., Bowry, M., Caballero-Folch, R., Evitts, L.J., Frederick, R., Garnsworthy, A.B., Garrett, P.E., Jigmeddorj, B., Kilic, A.I., Lassen, J., Measures, J., Muecher, D., Olaizola, B., O'Sullivan, E., Paetkau, O., Park, J., Smallcombe, J., Svensson, C.E., Wadsworth, R., and Wu, C.Y.

Abstract

Many-body nuclear theory utilizing microscopic or chiral potentials has developed to the point that collectivity might be studied within a microscopic or ab initio framework without the use of effective charges; for example with the proper evolution of the E2 operator, or alternatively, through the use of an appropriate and manageable subset of particle–hole excitations. We present a precise determination of E2 strength in 22Mg and its mirror 22Ne by Coulomb excitation, allowing for rigorous comparisons with theory. No-core symplectic shell-model calculations were performed and agree with the new B(E2) values while in-medium similarity-renormalization-group calculations consistently underpredict the absolute strength, with the missing strength found to have both isoscalar and isovector components. The discrepancy between two microscopic models demonstrates the sensitivity of E2 strength to the choice of many-body approximation employed.

Published
2018

16. High-Precision Half-life Measurement for the Superallowed Fermi $\beta^+$ Emitter $^{22}$Mg

Author

Dunlop, M. R., Svensson, C. E., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Andreoiu, C., Bernier, N., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Bowry, M., Burbadge, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Jigmeddorj, B., Leach, K. G., MacLean, A. D., Olaizola, B., Measures, J., Natzke, C., Saito, Y., Smith, J. K., Turko, J., and Zidar, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A high-precision half-life measurement for the superallowed Fermi $\beta^+$ emitter $^{22}$Mg was performed at the TRIUMF-ISAC facility using a 4$\pi$ proportional gas counter. The result of $T_{1/2} = 3.87400 \pm 0.00079$ s is a factor of 3 more precise than the previously adopted world average and resolves a discrepancy between the two previously published $^{22}$Mg half-life measurements., Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures

Published
2017

17. High-Precision Half-life Measurement for the Superallowed Fermi $��^+$ Emitter $^{22}$Mg

Author

Dunlop, M. R., Svensson, C. E., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Andreoiu, C., Bernier, N., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Bowry, M., Burbadge, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Varela, A. Diaz, Dunlop, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Jigmeddorj, B., Leach, K. G., MacLean, A. D., Olaizola, B., Measures, J., Natzke, C., Saito, Y., Smith, J. K., Turko, J., and Zidar, T.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Abstract

A high-precision half-life measurement for the superallowed Fermi $��^+$ emitter $^{22}$Mg was performed at the TRIUMF-ISAC facility using a 4$��$ proportional gas counter. The result of $T_{1/2} = 3.87400 \pm 0.00079$ s is a factor of 3 more precise than the previously adopted world average and resolves a discrepancy between the two previously published $^{22}$Mg half-life measurements., 7 pages, 9 figures

Published
2017
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18. A Search for $0^+$ States in $^{50}$Cr: Implications for the Superallowed $\beta$-decay of $^{50}$Mn

Author

Leach, K. G., Garrett, P. E., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Brown, B. A., Burbadge, C., Faestermann, T., Hadinia, B., Holt, J. D., Laffoley, A. T., Jamieson, D. S., Jigmeddorj, B., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Stroberg, S. R., Svensson, C. E., Towner, I. S., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A $^{52}$Cr$(p,t)$$^{50}$Cr two-neutron pickup reaction was performed using the Q3D magnetic spectrograph at the Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium in Garching, Germany. Excited states in $^{50}$Cr were observed up to an excitation energy of 5.3 MeV. Despite significantly increased sensitivity and resolution over previous work, no evidence of the previously assigned first excited $0^+$ state was found. As a result, the $0^+_2$ state is reassigned at an excitation energy of $E_x=3895.0(5)$ keV in $^{50}$Cr. This reassignment directly impacts direct searches for a non-analogue Fermi $\beta^+$ decay branch in $^{50}$Mn. These results also show better systematic agreement with the theoretical predictions for the $0^+$ state spectrum in $^{50}$Cr using the same formalism as the isospin-symmetry-breaking correction calculations for superallowed nuclei. The experimental data are also compared to $ab$-$initio$ shell-model predictions using the IM-SRG formalism based on $NN$ and $3N$ forces from chiral-EFT in the $pf$-shell for the first time., Comment: Accepted for Publication in Physical Review C as a Rapid Communication

Published
2016

19. A Search for $0^+$ States in $^{50}$Cr: Implications for the Superallowed $��$-decay of $^{50}$Mn

Author

Leach, K. G., Garrett, P. E., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Brown, B. A., Burbadge, C., Faestermann, T., Hadinia, B., Holt, J. D., Laffoley, A. T., Jamieson, D. S., Jigmeddorj, B., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Stroberg, S. R., Svensson, C. E., Towner, I. S., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A $^{52}$Cr$(p,t)$$^{50}$Cr two-neutron pickup reaction was performed using the Q3D magnetic spectrograph at the Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium in Garching, Germany. Excited states in $^{50}$Cr were observed up to an excitation energy of 5.3 MeV. Despite significantly increased sensitivity and resolution over previous work, no evidence of the previously assigned first excited $0^+$ state was found. As a result, the $0^+_2$ state is reassigned at an excitation energy of $E_x=3895.0(5)$ keV in $^{50}$Cr. This reassignment directly impacts direct searches for a non-analogue Fermi $��^+$ decay branch in $^{50}$Mn. These results also show better systematic agreement with the theoretical predictions for the $0^+$ state spectrum in $^{50}$Cr using the same formalism as the isospin-symmetry-breaking correction calculations for superallowed nuclei. The experimental data are also compared to $ab$-$initio$ shell-model predictions using the IM-SRG formalism based on $NN$ and $3N$ forces from chiral-EFT in the $pf$-shell for the first time., Accepted for Publication in Physical Review C as a Rapid Communication

Published
2016
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20. High-precision half-life measurements for the superallowed Fermi β+ emitter $^{18}$Ne

Author

LAFFOLEY, A. T., SVENSSON, C. E., ANDREOIU, C., BALL, G. C., BENDER, P. C., BIDAMAN, H., BILDSTEIN, V., BLANK, Bertram, CROSS, D. S., DENG, G., VARELA, A. Diaz, DUNLOP, M. R., DUNLOP, R., GARNSWORTHY, A. B., GARRETT, P. E., GIOVINAZZO, J., GRINYER, G.F., GRINYER, J., HACKMAN, G., HADINIA, B., JAMIESON, D. S., JIGMEDDORJ, B., KISLIUK, D., LEACH, K. G., LESLIE, J. R., MACLEAN, A. D., MILLER, D., MILLS, B., MOUKADDAM, M., RADICH, A. J., RAJABALI, M. M., RAND, E. T., THOMAS, J.C., TURKO, J., UNSWORTH, C., VOSS, P., Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 23.40.−s, 21.10.Tg, 24.80.+y, 27.20.+n, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

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Published
2015

21. High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi $\beta$+ Emitters $^{14}$O and $^{18}$Ne

Author

Laffoley, A.T., Andreoiu, C., Austin, R.A.E., Ball, G.C., Bender, P.C., Bildstein, V., Blank, Bertram, Bouzomita, H., Cross, D.S., Deng, G., Diaz Varela, A., Dunlop, M.R., Dunlop, R., Finlay, P., Garnsworthy, A.B., Garrett, P., Giovinazzo, J., Grinyer, G.F., Hackman, G., Hadinia, B., Jamieson, D.S., Jigmeddorj, B., Ketelhut, S., Leach, K.G., Leslie, J.R., Mills, B., Moukaddam, M., Radich, A.J., Rajabali, M.M., Rand, E.T., Svensson, C.E., Tardiff, E., Thomas, J.C., Voss, P., Unsworth, C., Lion, Michel, Noyaux exotiques (NEX), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Published
2014

22. The DEAP-3600 Experiment

Author

Stringer, M., Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Alpízar-Venegas, M., Auty, D. J., Benmansour, H., Bina, C. E., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M. G., Matteo Cadeddu, Cai, B., Cárdenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, Y., Cleveland, B. T., Corning, J. M., Daugherty, S., Delgobbo, P., Di Stefano, P., Doria, L., Dunford, M., Ellingwood, E., Erlandson, A., Farahani, S. S., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Gallacher, D., García Abia, P., Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Hamstra, M., Hugues, T., Ilyasov, A., Joy, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Jillings, C. J., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I., Kuźniak, M., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Leonhardt, A., Levashko, N., Li, X., Lissia, M., Litvinov, O., Lock, J., Longo, G., Machulin, I., Mcdonald, A. B., Mcelroy, T., Mclaughlin, J. B., Mielnichuk, C., Mirasola, L., Monroe, J., Oliviéro, G., Pal, S., Peeters, S. J. M., Perry, M., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piro, M. -C, Pollmann, T. R., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., Rodríguez-García, I., Roszkowski, L., Ruhland, J. B., Sanchez García, E., Sánchez-Pastor, T., Santorelli, R., Seth, S., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Sur, B., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Viel, S., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., and Zuñiga-Reyes, A.

23. Constraints on dark matter-nucleon effective couplings in the presence of kinematically distinct halo substructures using the DEAP-3600 detector

Author

Miguel Cárdenas-Montes, G. Oliviéro, Luca Doria, M. G. Boulay, A. Kemp, G. Kaur, R. Stainforth, Stefano Cavuoti, Bei Cai, O. Litvinov, P. Gorel, M. C. Piro, Monica Dunford, O. Kamaev, F. Retiere, S. Viel, P. Skensved, Xiujiang Li, C. Rethmeier, S. S. Farahani, I. Kochanek, J. Lock, A. Zuñiga-Reyes, C. Jillings, T. Hugues, N. J. T. Smith, D. Gallacher, C. E. Bina, C. Mielnichuk, M. Cadeddu, S. Westerdale, Bhaskar Sur, S. Langrock, J. B. McLaughlin, M. Hamstra, T. Pollmann, P. DelGobbo, S. Garg, M. Kuźniak, V. Pesudo, T. Sonley, B. Jigmeddorj, Jocelyn Monroe, David A. Sinclair, Leszek Roszkowski, A. C. Vincent, S. J. M. Peeters, G. Fiorillo, W. Bonivento, J. Walding, R. Santorelli, J. M. Corning, P. Giampa, T. Sánchez-Pastor, B. C. Smith, A. Ilyasov, D. J. Auty, I. N. Machulin, M. Lai, M. Stringer, A. B. McDonald, N. Fatemighomi, R. Ajaj, P. Adhikari, E. Sanchez Garcia, A. Erlandson, Martin Ward, Giuseppe Longo, E. T. Rand, E. Vázquez-Jáuregui, P. Garcia Abia, S. Pal, A. Joy, J. Willis, B. Lehnert, N. Levashko, A. L. Hallin, B. T. Cleveland, M. Waqar, E. A. Garcés, A. Grobov, K. Graham, I. Rodríguez-García, S. J. Daugherty, Y. Chen, D. Goeldi, T. McElroy, P. Di Stefano, Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Auty, D. J., Bina, C. E., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M. G., Cadeddu, M., Cai, B., Cardenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, Y., Cleveland, B. T., Corning, J. M., Daugherty, S., Delgobbo, P., Di Stefano, P., Doria, L., Dunford, M., Erlandson, A., Farahani, S. S., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Gallacher, D., Garces, E. A., Abia, P. Garcia, Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Hamstra, M., Hugues, T., Ilyasov, A., Joy, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Jillings, C. J., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I, Kuzniak, M., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Levashko, N., Li, X., Litvinov, O., Lock, J., Longo, G., Machulin, I, Mcdonald, A. B., Mcelroy, T., Mclaughlin, J. B., Mielnichuk, C., Monroe, J., Oliviero, G., Pal, S., Peeters, S. J. M., Pesudo, V, Piro, M-C, Pollmann, T. R., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Retiere, F., Rodriguez-Garcia, I, Roszkowski, L., Sanchez Garcia, E., Sanchez-Pastor, T., Santorelli, R., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stringer, M., Sur, B., Vazquez-Jauregui, E., Viel, S., Vincent, A. C., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., and Zuniga-Reyes, A.

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Isovector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Isoscalar, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Dark matter halo, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Weakly interacting massive particles, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Effective field theory, Halo, 010306 general physics, Magnetic dipole, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon detector aiming to directly detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), located at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). After analyzing data taken during the first year of operation, a null result was used to place an upper bound on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent, isoscalar cross section. This study reinterprets this result within a Non-Relativistic Effective Field Theory framework, and further examines how various possible substructures in the local dark matter halo may affect these constraints. Such substructures are hinted at by kinematic structures in the local stellar distribution observed by the Gaia satellite and other recent astronomical surveys. These include the Gaia Sausage (or Enceladus), as well as a number of distinct streams identified in recent studies. Limits are presented for the coupling strength of the effective contact interaction operators $\mathcal{O}_1$, $\mathcal{O}_3$, $\mathcal{O}_5$, $\mathcal{O}_8$, and $\mathcal{O}_{11}$, considering isoscalar, isovector, and xenonphobic scenarios, as well as the specific operators corresponding to millicharge, magnetic dipole, electric dipole, and anapole interactions. The effects of halo substructures on each of these operators are explored as well, showing that the $\mathcal{O}_5$ and $\mathcal{O}_8$ operators are particularly sensitive to the velocity distribution, even at dark matter masses above 100 GeV/$c^2$.

Published
2020

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