Searching for heavy dark matter near the Planck mass with XENON1T

Abstract: Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We use 219.4 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment to conduct a blind search for signals from multiply interacting massive particles (MIMPs). Their unique track signature allows a targeted analysis with only 0.05 expected background events from muons. Following unblinding, we observe no signal candidate events. This Letter places strong constraints on spin-independent interactions of dark matter particles with a mass between 1×1012 and 2×1017  GeV/ 2. In addition, we present the first exclusion limits on spin-dependent MIMP-neutron and MIMP-proton cross sections for dark matter particles with masses close to the Planck scale

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Physical review letters. - 130, 26 (2023) , 261002, ISSN: 1079-7114

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2024
Creator
Aprile, Elena
Brown, Adam Michael
Fischer, Horst
Glade-Beucke, Robin
Grigat, Jaron
Kuger, Fabian
Lindemann, Sebastian
Masson, Darryl
Mueller, Julia
Schumann, Marc
Toschi, Francesco
Tönnies, Florian
Zhu, T.
XENON Collaboration, [Study group]

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.130.261002
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2540334
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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