1. Search for Solar Boosted Dark Matter Particles at the PandaX-4T Experiment
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Shen, Guofang, Bo, Zihao, Chen, Wei, Chen, Xun, Chen, Yunhua, Cheng, Zhaokan, Cui, Xiangyi, Fan, Yingjie, Fang, Deqing, Gao, Zhixing, Geng, Lisheng, Giboni, Karl, Guo, Xunan, Guo, Xuyuan, Guo, Zichao, Han, Chencheng, Han, Ke, He, Changda, He, Jinrong, Huang, Di, Huang, Houqi, Huang, Junting, Hou, Ruquan, Hou, Yu, Ji, Xiangdong, Ji, Xiangpan, Ju, Yonglin, Li, Chenxiang, Li, Jiafu, Li, Mingchuan, Li, Shuaijie, Li, Tao, Li, Zhiyuan, Lin, Qing, Liu, Jianglai, Lu, Congcong, Lu, Xiaoying, Luo, Lingyin, Luo, Yunyang, Ma, Wenbo, Ma, Yugang, Mao, Yajun, Meng, Yue, Ning, Xuyang, Pang, Binyu, Qi, Ningchun, Qian, Zhicheng, Ren, Xiangxiang, Shan, Dong, Shang, Xiaofeng, Shao, Xiyuan, Shen, Manbin, Sun, Wenliang, Tao, Yi, Wang, Anqing, Wang, Guanbo, Wang, Hao, Wang, Jiamin, Wang, Lei, Wang, Meng, Wang, Qiuhong, Wang, Shaobo, Wang, Siguang, Wang, Wei, Wang, Xiuli, Wang, Xu, Wang, Zhou, Wei, Yuehuan, Wu, Weihao, Wu, Yuan, Xiao, Mengjiao, Xiao, Xiang, Xiong, Kaizhi, Xu, Yifan, Yao, Shunyu, Yan, Binbin, Yan, Xiyu, Yang, Yong, Ye, Peihua, Yu, Chunxu, Yuan, Ying, Yuan, Zhe, Yun, Youhui, Zeng, Xinning, Zhang, Minzhen, Zhang, Peng, Zhang, Shibo, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Yang, Zhang, Yingxin, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Zhao, Li, Zhou, Jifang, Zhou, Jiaxu, Zhou, Jiayi, Zhou, Ning, Zhou, Xiaopeng, Zhou, Yubo, Zhou, Zhizhen, An, Haipeng, and Nie, Haoming
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High Energy Physics - Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
We present a novel constraint on light dark matter utilizing $1.54$ tonne$\cdot$year of data acquired from the PandaX-4T dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. This constraint is derived through detecting electronic recoil signals resulting from the interaction with solar-enhanced dark matter flux. Low-mass dark matter particles, lighter than a few MeV/$c^2$, can scatter with the thermal electrons in the Sun. Consequently, with higher kinetic energy, the boosted dark matter component becomes detectable via contact scattering with xenon electrons, resulting in a few keV energy deposition that exceeds the threshold of PandaX-4T. We calculate the expected recoil energy in PandaX-4T considering the Sun's acceleration and the detection capabilities of the xenon detector. The first experimental search results using the xenon detector yield the most stringent cross-section of $3.51 \times 10^{-39}~\mathrm{cm}^2$ at $0.08~\mathrm{MeV}$/$c^2$ for a solar boosted dark matter mass ranging from $0.02$ to $10~ \mathrm{MeV}$/$c^2$, achieving a 23 fold improvement compared with earlier experimental studies.
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- 2024