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Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T.
- Source :
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2019 Dec 20; Vol. 123 (25), pp. 251801. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. We mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiring a scintillation signal, leaving an effective exposure of (22±3) tonne day. Above ∼0.4 keV&#95;{ee}, we observe <1 event/(tonne day keV&#95;{ee}), which is more than 1000 times lower than in similar searches with other detectors. Despite observing a higher rate at lower energies, no DM or CEvNS detection may be claimed because we cannot model all of our backgrounds. We thus exclude new regions in the parameter spaces for DM-nucleus scattering for DM masses m&#95;{χ} within 3-6 GeV/c^{2}, DM-electron scattering for m&#95;{χ}>30 MeV/c^{2}, and absorption of dark photons and axionlike particles for m&#95;{χ} within 0.186-1 keV/c^{2}.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 123
- Issue :
- 25
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31922764
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.251801