Searches for dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments have traditionally focused on the region of the parameter space that is characteristic of weakly interacting massive particles, ranging from a few to a few . Models of dark matter with a mass much heavier than this are well motivated by early production mechanisms different from the standard thermal freeze-out, but they have generally been less explored experimentally. In this work, we present a reanalysis of the first science run of the LZ experiment, with an exposure of , to search for ultraheavy particle dark matter. The signal topology consists of multiple energy deposits in the active region of the detector forming a straight line, from which the velocity of the incoming particle can be reconstructed on an event-by-event basis. Zero events with this topology were observed after applying the data selection calibrated on a simulated sample of signal-like events. New experimental constraints are derived, which rule out previously unexplored regions of the dark matter parameter space of spin-independent interactions beyond a mass of .
Aalbers, J., et al. "New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment." Physical Review. D., vol. 109, no. 11, Jun. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112010
Aalbers, J., Akerib, D. S., Al Musalhi, A. K., Alder, F., Amarasinghe, C. S., Ames, A., Anderson, T. J., Angelides, N., Araújo, H. M., Armstrong, J. E., Arthurs, M., Baker, A., Balashov, S., Bang, J., Barillier, E. E., Bargemann, J. W., Baxter, A., Beattie, K., ... Zweig, E. A. (2024). New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment. Physical Review. D., 109(11). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112010
Aalbers, J., Akerib, D. S., Al Musalhi, A. K., et al., "New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment," Physical Review. D. 109, no. 11 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112010
@article{osti_2371909,
author = {Aalbers, J. and Akerib, D. S. and Al Musalhi, A. K. and Alder, F. and Amarasinghe, C. S. and Ames, A. and Anderson, T. J. and Angelides, N. and Araújo, H. M. and Armstrong, J. E. and others},
title = {New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment},
annote = { Searches for dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments have traditionally focused on the region of the parameter space that is characteristic of weakly interacting massive particles, ranging from a few GeV / c 2 to a few TeV / c 2 . Models of dark matter with a mass much heavier than this are well motivated by early production mechanisms different from the standard thermal freeze-out, but they have generally been less explored experimentally. In this work, we present a reanalysis of the first science run of the LZ experiment, with an exposure of 0.9 tonne × yr , to search for ultraheavy particle dark matter. The signal topology consists of multiple energy deposits in the active region of the detector forming a straight line, from which the velocity of the incoming particle can be reconstructed on an event-by-event basis. Zero events with this topology were observed after applying the data selection calibrated on a simulated sample of signal-like events. New experimental constraints are derived, which rule out previously unexplored regions of the dark matter parameter space of spin-independent interactions beyond a mass of 10 17 GeV / c 2 . Published by the American Physical Society 2024 },
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112010},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2371909},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
issn = {ISSN 2470-0010},
number = {11},
volume = {109},
place = {United States},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
year = {2024},
month = {06}}
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