Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data

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.; Jahangir, O.; 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.; Naylor, A.; Nehrkorn, C.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Palladino, K. J.; Pease, E. K.; Riffard, Q.; 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.; 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/PhysRevLett.122.131301

Title: Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.131301· OSTI ID:1532739

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 »

The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during nuclear recoils is smaller than the typical detector threshold. However, the tree-level DM-nucleus scattering diagram can be accompanied by simultaneous emission of a bremsstrahlung photon or a so-called “Migdal” electron. These provide an electron recoil component to the experimental signature at higher energies than the corresponding nuclear recoil. The presence of this signature allows liquid xenon detectors to use both the scintillation and the ionization signals in the analysis where the nuclear recoil signal would not be otherwise visible. We report constraints on spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering for DM particles with masses of 0.4–5 GeV/c² using 1.4 × 10⁴ kg day of search exposure from the 2013 data from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment for four different classes of mediators. As a result, this analysis extends the reach of liquid xenon-based DM search instruments to lower DM masses than has been achieved previously.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: LUX Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-06OR23100; AC52-07NA27344; FG01-91ER40618; FG02-08ER41549; FG02-11ER41738; FG02- 91ER40674; FG02-91ER40688; FG02-95ER40917; NA0000979; SC0006605; SC0010010; SC0015535; FG02-91ER40674; SC0019066

OSTI ID:: 1532739

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1487089; OSTI ID: 1504530; OSTI ID: 1835038

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-793259; PRLTAO

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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