Constraints on Light Dark Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons from DAMIC at SNOLAB

Aguilar-Arevalo, A.; Amidei, D.; Baxter, D.; Cancelo, G.; Cervantes Vergara, B. A.; Chavarria, A. E.; Darragh-Ford, E.; de Mello Neto, J. R.  T.; D’Olivo, J. C.; Estrada, J.; Gaïor, R.; Guardincerri, Y.; Hossbach, T. W.; Kilminster, B.; Lawson, I.; Lee, S. J.; Letessier-Selvon, A.; Matalon, A.; Mello, V. B.  B.; Mitra, P.; Molina, J.; Paul, S.; Piers, A.; Privitera, P.; Ramanathan, K.; Da Rocha, J.; Sarkis, Y.; Settimo, M.; Smida, R.; Thomas, R.; Tiffenberg, J.; Torres Machado, D.; Vilar, R.; Virto, A. L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.181802

Title: Constraints on Light Dark Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons from DAMIC at SNOLAB

Journal Article · Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.181802· OSTI ID:1558439

Aguilar-Arevalo, A.; Amidei, D.; Baxter, D.; Cancelo, G.; Cervantes Vergara, B. A.; Chavarria, A. E.; Darragh-Ford, E.; de Mello Neto, J. R. T.; D’Olivo, J. C.; Estrada, J.; Gaïor, R.; Guardincerri, Y.; Hossbach, T. W.; Kilminster, B.; Lawson, I.; Lee, S. J.; Letessier-Selvon, A.; Matalon, A.; Mello, V. B. B.; Mitra, P. more »

We report direct-detection constraints on light dark matter particles interacting with electrons. The results are based on a method that exploits the extremely low levels of leakage current of the DAMIC detector at SNOLAB of 2–6×10^-22 A cm^-2. Additionally, we evaluate the charge distribution of pixels that collect <10e- for contributions beyond the leakage current that may be attributed to dark matter interactions. Constraints are placed on so-far unexplored parameter space for dark matter masses between 0.6 and 100 MeV c^-2. We also present new constraints on hidden-photon dark matter with masses in the range 1.2–30 eV c^-2.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Kavli Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico; Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Province of Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation

Contributing Organization:: DAMIC Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; NSF PHY-1806974; 240666; IN108917

OSTI ID:: 1558439

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1907.12628; FERMILAB-PUB-19-432-AE-SCD; PRLTAO; oai:inspirehep.net:1747015

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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