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Search for Light Fermionic Dark Matter Absorption on Electrons in PandaX-4T.

Authors :
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
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2022 Oct 14; Vol. 129 (16), pp. 161804.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
129
Issue :
16
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36306755
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.161804