Search for annual and diurnal rate modulations in the LUX experiment

Akerib, D. S.; Alsum, S.; Araújo, H. M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Boulton, E. M.; Boxer, B.; Brás, P.; Burdin, S.; Byram, D.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Chan, C.; Cutter, J. E.; Davison, T. J.  R.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Fallon, S. R.; Fan, A.; Fiorucci, S.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Genovesi, J.; Ghag, C.; Gilchriese, M. G.  D.; Gwilliam, C.; Hall, C. R.; Haselschwardt, S. J.; Hertel, S. A.; Hogan, D. P.; Horn, M.; Huang, D. Q.; Ignarra, C. M.; Jacobsen, R. G.; Ji, W.; Kamdin, K.; Kazkaz, K.; Khaitan, D.; Knoche, R.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kravitz, S.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Lenardo, B. G.; Lesko, K. T.; Liao, J.; Lin, J.; Lindote, A.; Lopes, M. I.; Manalaysay, A.; Mannino, R. L.; Marangou, N.; Marzioni, M. F.; McKinsey, D. N.; Mei, D. -M.; Moongweluwan, M.; Morad, J. A.; Murphy, A. St.  J.; Nehrkorn, C.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Palladino, K. J.; Pease, E. K.; Rischbieter, G. R.  C.; Rhyne, C.; Rossiter, P.; Shaw, S.; Shutt, T. A.; Silva, C.; Solmaz, M.; Solovov, V. N.; Sorensen, P.; Sumner, T. J.; Szydagis, M.; Taylor, D. J.; Taylor, W. C.; Tennyson, B. P.; Terman, P. A.; Tiedt, D. R.; To, W. H.; Tripathi, M.; Tvrznikova, L.; Utku, U.; Uvarov, S.; Velan, V.; Verbus, J. R.; Webb, R. C.; White, J. T.; Whitis, T. J.; Witherell, M. S.; Wolfs, F. L.  H.; Woodward, D.; Xu, J.; Yazdani, K.; Zhang, C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.062005

Title: Search for annual and diurnal rate modulations in the LUX experiment

Journal Article · Thu Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.062005· OSTI ID:1476217

Akerib, D. S.; Alsum, S.; Araújo, H. M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Boulton, E. M.; Boxer, B.; Brás, P.; Burdin, S.; Byram, D.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Chan, C.; Cutter, J. E.; Davison, T. J. R.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Fallon, S. R. more »

Various dark matter models predict annual and diurnal modulations of dark matter interaction rates in Earth-based experiments as a result of the Earth’s motion in the halo. Observation of such features can provide generic evidence for detection of dark matter interactions. This paper reports a search for both annual and diurnal rate modulations in the LUX dark matter experiment using over 20 calendar months of data acquired between 2013 and 2016. This search focuses on electron recoil events at low energies, where leptophilic dark matter interactions are expected to occur and where the DAMA experiment has observed a strong rate modulation for over two decades. By using the innermost volume of the LUX detector and developing robust cuts and corrections, we obtained a stable event rate of 2.3±0.2 cpd/keVee/tonne, which is among the lowest in all dark matter experiments. No statistically significant annual modulation was observed in energy windows up to 26 keVee. Between 2 and 6 keVee, this analysis demonstrates the most sensitive annual modulation search up to date, with 9.2σ tension with the DAMA/LIBRA result. We also report no observation of diurnal modulations above 0.2 cpd/keVee/tonne amplitude between 2 and 6 keVee.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

Contributing Organization:: LUX Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231; SC0010010; FG02-08ER41549; FG02-91ER40688; FG02-95ER40917; FG02-91ER40674; SC0006605; NA0000979; SC0017891

OSTI ID:: 1476217

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1474198; OSTI ID: 1477392; OSTI ID: 1532740

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-757487; 945315

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 98, Issue 6; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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