Search for magnetic inelastic dark matter with XENON100

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/10/039· OSTI ID:22667630

Aprile, E.; Anthony, M. ^[1]; Aalbers, J.; Breur, P. A.; Brown, A. ^[2]; Agostini, F.; Bruno, G. ^[3]; Alfonsi, M. ^[4]; Amaro, F. D. ^[5]; Arneodo, F.; Benabderrahmane, M. L. ^[6]; Barrow, P.; Baudis, L. ^[7]; Bauermeister, B.; Calvén, J. ^[8]; Berger, T.; Brown, E. ^[9]; Bruenner, S. ^[10]; Budnik, R. ^[11]; others, and

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1. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
2. Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam (Netherlands)
3. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila (Italy)
4. Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz (Germany)
5. LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra (Portugal)
6. New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
7. Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich (Switzerland)
8. Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691 (Sweden)
9. Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 (United States)
10. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
11. Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001 (Israel)

We present the first search for dark matter-induced delayed coincidence signals in a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, using the 224.6 live days of the XENON100 science run II. This very distinct signature is predicted in the framework of magnetic inelastic dark matter which has been proposed to reconcile the modulation signal reported by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration with the null results from other direct detection experiments. No candidate event has been found in the region of interest and upper limits on the WIMP's magnetic dipole moment are derived. The scenarios proposed to explain the DAMA/LIBRA modulation signal by magnetic inelastic dark matter interactions of WIMPs with masses of 58.0 GeV/c{sup 2} and 122.7 GeV/c{sup 2} are excluded at 3.3 σ and 9.3 σ, respectively.

• OSTI ID: 22667630
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2017, Issue 10; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
DETECTION
GEV RANGE
INTERACTIONS
MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENTS
MAGNETIC DIPOLES
MASS
MODULATION
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
WIMPS
XENON