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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.
Afiliação
  • Aguilar-Arevalo A; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
  • Amidei D; Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA.
  • Baxter D; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Cancelo G; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Cervantes Vergara BA; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
  • Chavarria AE; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
  • Darragh-Ford E; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • de Mello Neto JRT; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil.
  • D'Olivo JC; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
  • Estrada J; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Gaïor R; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3 75005, Paris France.
  • Guardincerri Y; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Hossbach TW; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington 99354, USA.
  • Kilminster B; Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zurich 8057, Switzerland.
  • Lawson I; SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada.
  • Lee SJ; Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zurich 8057, Switzerland.
  • Letessier-Selvon A; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3 75005, Paris France.
  • Matalon A; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Mello VBB; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3 75005, Paris France.
  • Mitra P; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil.
  • Molina J; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
  • Paul S; Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion 2169, Paraguay.
  • Piers A; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Privitera P; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
  • Ramanathan K; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Da Rocha J; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3 75005, Paris France.
  • Sarkis Y; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Settimo M; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3 75005, Paris France.
  • Smida R; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
  • Thomas R; SUBATECH, CNRS-IN2P3, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44300, France.
  • Tiffenberg J; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Torres Machado D; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  • Vilar R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  • Virto AL; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil.
Phys Rev Lett ; 123(18): 181802, 2019 Nov 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31763884
ABSTRACT
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}. 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}.

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article