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Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 261002 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We use 219.4 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment to conduct a blind search for signals from Multiply-Interacting Massive Particles (MIMPs). Their unique track signature allows a targeted analysis with only 0.05 expected background events from muons. Following unblinding, we observe no signal candidate events. This work places strong constraints on spin-independent interactions of dark matter particles with a mass between 1$\times$10$^{12}\,$GeV/c$^2$ and 2$\times$10$^{17}\,$GeV/c$^2$. In addition, we present the first exclusion limits on spin-dependent MIMP-neutron and MIMP-proton cross-sections for dark matter particles with masses close to the Planck scale.<br />Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 261002 (2023)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2304.10931
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.261002