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New limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator

Authors :
Abgrall, N.
Arnquist, I. J.
Avignone III, F. T.
Barabash, A. S.
Bertrand, F. E.
Bradley, A. W.
Brudanin, V.
Busch, M.
Buuck, M.
Caldwell, T. S.
Chan, Y-D.
Christofferson, C. D.
Chu, P. -H.
Cuesta, C.
Detwiler, J. A.
Dunagan, C.
Efremenko, Yu.
Ejiri, H.
Elliott, S. R.
Gilliss, T.
Giovanetti, G. K.
Goett, J.
Green, M. P.
Gruszko, J.
Guinn, I. S.
Guiseppe, V. E.
Haufe, C. R. S.
Henning, R.
Hoppe, E. W.
Howard, S.
Howe, M. A.
Jasinski, B. R.
Keeter, K. J.
Kidd, M. F.
Konovalov, S. I.
Kouzes, R. T.
Lopez, A. M.
MacMullin, J.
Martin, R. D.
Massarczyk, R.
Meijer, S. J.
Mertens, S.
O'Shaughnessy, C.
Poon, A. W. P.
Radford, D. C.
Rager, J.
Reine, A. L.
Rielage, K.
Robertson, R. G. H.
Shanks, B.
Shirchenko, M.
Suriano, A. M.
Tedeschi, D.
Trimble, J. E.
Varner, R. L.
Vasilyev, S.
Vetter, K.
Vorren, K.
White, B. R.
Wilkerson, J. F.
Wiseman, C.
Xu, W.
Yakushev, E.
Yu, C. -H.
Yumatov, V.
Zhitnikov, I.
Zhu, B. X.
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 161801 (2017)
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We present new limits on exotic keV-scale physics based on 478 kg d of MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR commissioning data. Constraints at the 90% confidence level are derived on bosonic dark matter (DM) and solar axion couplings, Pauli exclusion principle violating (PEPV) decay, and electron decay using monoenergetic peak signal-limits above our background. Our most stringent DM constraints are set for 11.8 keV mass particles, limiting $g_{Ae} <4.5\times 10^{-13}$ for pseudoscalars and $\frac{\alpha'}{\alpha} < 9.7\times 10^{-28}$ for vectors. We also report a 14.4 keV solar axion coupling limit of $g_{AN}^{\mathrm{eff}}\times g_{Ae}~<~3.8 \times 10^{-17}$, a $\frac{1}{2}\beta^2~<~8.5\times10^{-48}$ limit on the strength of PEPV electron transitions, and a lower limit on the electron lifetime of $\tau_e > 1.2 \times 10^{24}\;$yr for $e^- \rightarrow$ invisible.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 161801 (2017)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1612.00886
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.161801