Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.011801

Title: Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter

Abstract

We propose a new strategy to directly detect light particle dark matter that has long-ranged interactions with ordinary matter. The approach involves distorting the local flow of dark matter with time-varying fields and measuring these distortions with shielded resonant detectors. We apply this idea to sub-MeV dark matter particles with very small electric charges or coupled to a light vector mediator, including the freeze-in parameter space targeted by low mass direct detection efforts. This approach can probe dark matter masses ranging from 10 MeV to below a meV, extending beyond the capabilities of existing and proposed direct detection experiments.

Authors:

; D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito; Ellis, Sebastian A. R.; Schuster, Philip; Toro, Natalia

Publication Date:: 2020-01-01

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1580800

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1605019

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 124 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Dark matter; Particle dark matter; Dark matter detectors

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                    Berlin, Asher, D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito, Ellis, Sebastian A.  R., Schuster, Philip, and Toro, Natalia. Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Berlin, Asher, D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito, Ellis, Sebastian A.  R., Schuster, Philip, & Toro, Natalia. Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.011801.

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                    Berlin, Asher, D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito, Ellis, Sebastian A.  R., Schuster, Philip, and Toro, Natalia. Wed .  
        "Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.011801.

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  title        = {Directly Deflecting Particle Dark Matter},

  author       = {Berlin, Asher and D’Agnolo, Raffaele Tito and Ellis, Sebastian A.  R. and Schuster, Philip and Toro, Natalia},

  abstractNote = {We propose a new strategy to directly detect light particle dark matter that has long-ranged interactions with ordinary matter. The approach involves distorting the local flow of dark matter with time-varying fields and measuring these distortions with shielded resonant detectors. We apply this idea to sub-MeV dark matter particles with very small electric charges or coupled to a light vector mediator, including the freeze-in parameter space targeted by low mass direct detection efforts. This approach can probe dark matter masses ranging from 10 MeV to below a meV, extending beyond the capabilities of existing and proposed direct detection experiments.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.011801},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 124,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {1}

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