Search for MeV electron recoils from dark matter in EXO-200

Al Kharusi, S.; Anton, G.; Badhrees, I.; Barbeau, P. S.; Beck, D.; Belov, V.; Bhatta, T.; Breidenbach, M.; Brunner, T.; Cao, G. F.; Cen, W. R.; Chambers, C.; Cleveland, B.; Coon, M.; Craycraft, A.; Daniels, T.; Darroch, L.; Daugherty, S. J.; Davis, J.; Delaquis, S.; Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, A.; DeVoe, R.; Dilling, J.; Dolgolenko, A.; Dolinski, M. J.; Echevers, J.; Fairbank, W.; Fairbank, D.; Farine, J.; Feyzbakhsh, S.; Fierlinger, P.; Fu, Y. S.; Fudenberg, D.; Gautam, P.; Gornea, R.; Gratta, G.; Hall, C.; Hansen, E. V.; Hoessl, J.; Hufschmidt, P.; Hughes, M.; Iverson, A.; Jamil, A.; Jessiman, C.; Jewell, M. J.; Johnson, A.; Karelin, A.; Kaufman, L. J.; Koffas, T.; Krücken, R.; Kuchenkov, A.; Kumar, K. S.; Lan, Y.; Larson, A.; Lenardo, B. G.; Leonard, D. S.; Li, G. S.; Li, S.; Li, Z.; Licciardi, C.; Lin, Y. H.; MacLellan, R.; McElroy, T.; Michel, T.; Mong, B.; Moore, D. C.; Murray, K.; Njoya, O.; Nusair, O.; Odian, A.; Ostrovskiy, I.; Perna, A.; Piepke, A.; Pocar, A.; Retière, F.; Robinson, A. L.; Rowson, P. C.; Ruddell, D.; Runge, J.; Schmidt, S.; Sinclair, D.; Skarpaas, K.; Soma, A. K.; Stekhanov, V.; Tarka, M.; Thibado, S.; Todd, M.; Tolba, T.; Totev, T. I.; Tsang, R. H. M.; Veenstra, B.; Veeraraghavan, V.; Vogel, P.; Vuilleumier, J. -L.; Wagenpfeil, M.; Watkins, J.; Wen, L. J.; Wichoski, U.; Wrede, G.; Wu, S. X.; Xia, Q.; Yahne, D. R.; Yang, L.; Yen, Y. -R.; Zeldovich, O. Ya.; Ziegler, T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.012007

Title: Search for MeV electron recoils from dark matter in EXO-200

Journal Article · Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.012007· OSTI ID:1922560

Al Kharusi, S.; Anton, G.; Badhrees, I.; Barbeau, P. S.; Beck, D.; Belov, V.; Bhatta, T.; Breidenbach, M.; Brunner, T.; Cao, G. F.; Cen, W. R.; Chambers, C.; Cleveland, B.; Coon, M.; Craycraft, A.; Daniels, T.; Darroch, L.; Daugherty, S. J.; Davis, J.; Delaquis, S. more »

We present a search for electron-recoil signatures from the charged-current absorption of fermionic dark matter using the EXO-200 detector. We report an average electron-recoil background rate of 6.8 × 10⁴ cts kg^–1 yr^–1 keV^–1 above 4 MeV and find no statistically significant excess over our background projection. Using a total ¹³⁶Xe exposure of 234.1 kg yr, we exclude new parameter space for the charged-current absorption cross section for dark matter masses between m_χ=2.6–11.6 MeV with a minimum of 6 × 10^–51 cm² at 8.3 MeV at the 90% confidence level.

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Contributing Organization:: EXO-200 Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017970

OSTI ID:: 1922560

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1992036

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 107 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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