Detection of sub-GeV dark matter and solar neutrinos via chemical-bond breaking
Abstract
Here we explore a new low-threshold direct-detection concept for dark matter, based on the breaking of chemical bonds between atoms. This includes the dissociation of molecules and the creation of defects in a lattice. With thresholds of a few to 10s of eV, such an experiment could probe the nuclear couplings of dark matter particles as light as a few MeV. We calculate the expected rates for dark matter to break apart diatomic molecules, which we take as a case study for more general systems. We briefly mention ideas for how chemical-bond breaking might be detected in practice. We also discuss the possibility of detecting solar neutrinos, including pp neutrinos, with this experimental concept. With an event rate of $$\mathscr{O}$$(0.1/kg-year), large exposures are required, but measuring low-energy solar neutrinos would provide a crucial test of the solar model.
- Authors:
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- Stony Brook University, NY (United States)
- Stanford University, CA (United States)
- Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Sloan Foundation; Clore Israel Foundation; European Research Council (ERC); PAZI Foundation; German-Israeli Foundation; Israel Science Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1536248
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1346274
- Report Number(s):
- YITP-SB-16-27
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008061; SC0012012; I-1283- 303.7/2014; 1937/12; DESC0008061
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D.
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; particle dark matter; particle interactions; scattering of atoms, molecules, clusters and ions; neutrino detection
Citation Formats
Essig, Rouven, Mardon, Jeremy, Slone, Oren, and Volansky, Tomer. Detection of sub-GeV dark matter and solar neutrinos via chemical-bond breaking. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevd.95.056011.
Essig, Rouven, Mardon, Jeremy, Slone, Oren, & Volansky, Tomer. Detection of sub-GeV dark matter and solar neutrinos via chemical-bond breaking. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.95.056011
Essig, Rouven, Mardon, Jeremy, Slone, Oren, and Volansky, Tomer. Wed .
"Detection of sub-GeV dark matter and solar neutrinos via chemical-bond breaking". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.95.056011. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1536248.
@article{osti_1536248,
title = {Detection of sub-GeV dark matter and solar neutrinos via chemical-bond breaking},
author = {Essig, Rouven and Mardon, Jeremy and Slone, Oren and Volansky, Tomer},
abstractNote = {Here we explore a new low-threshold direct-detection concept for dark matter, based on the breaking of chemical bonds between atoms. This includes the dissociation of molecules and the creation of defects in a lattice. With thresholds of a few to 10s of eV, such an experiment could probe the nuclear couplings of dark matter particles as light as a few MeV. We calculate the expected rates for dark matter to break apart diatomic molecules, which we take as a case study for more general systems. We briefly mention ideas for how chemical-bond breaking might be detected in practice. We also discuss the possibility of detecting solar neutrinos, including pp neutrinos, with this experimental concept. With an event rate of $\mathscr{O}$(0.1/kg-year), large exposures are required, but measuring low-energy solar neutrinos would provide a crucial test of the solar model.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevd.95.056011},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 5,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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