Title: | Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T |
Authors: | Aprile, E. Abe, K. Ahmed Maouloud, S. Althueser, L. Andrieu, B. Angelino, E. Angevaare, J. R. Antochi, V. C. Antón Martin, D. Arneodo, F. Baudis, L. Baxter, A. L. Bazyk, M. Bellagamba, L. Biondi, R. Bismark, A. Brookes, E. J. Brown, A. Bruenner, S. Bruno, G. Budnik, R. Bui, T. K. Cai, C. Cardoso, J. M. R. Cichon, D. Cimental Chavez, A. P. Clark, M. Colijn, A. P. Conrad, J. Cuenca-García, J. J. Cussonneau, J. P. D'Andrea, V. Decowski, M. P. DiGangi, P. Di Pede, S. Diglio, S. Eitel, K. Elykov, A. Farrell, T. Ferella, A. D. Ferrari, C. Fischer, H. Flierman, M. Fulgione, W. Fuselli, C. Gaemers, P. Gaior, R. Gallo Rosso, A. Galloway, M. Gao, F. Glade-Beucke, R. Grandi, L. Grigat, J. Guan, H. Guida, M. Hammann, R. Higuera, A. Hils, C. Hoetzsch, L. Hood, N. F. Howlett, J. Iacovacci, M. Itow, Y. Jakob, J. Joerg, F. Joy, A. Kato, N. Kara, M. Kavrigin, P. Kazama, S. Kobayashi, M. Koltman, G. Kopec, A. Kuger, F. Landsman, H. Lang, R. F. Levinson, L.. Li, I. Li, S. Liang, S. Lindemann, S. Lindner, M. Liu, K. Loizeau, J. Lombardi, F. Long, J. Lopes, J. A. M. Ma, Y. Macolino, C. Mahlstedt, J. Mancuso, A. Manenti, L. Marignetti, F. Marrodán Undagoitia, T. Martens, K. Masbou, J. Masson, D. Masson, E. Mastroianni, S. Messina, M. Miuchi, K. Mizukoshi, K. Molinario, A. Moriyama, S. Morå, K .D. Mosbacher, Y. Murra, M. Müller, J. Ni, K. Oberlack, U. Paetsch, B. Palacio, J. Pellegrini, Q. Peres, R. Peters, C. Pienaar, J. Pierre, M. Pizzella, V. Plante, G. Pollmann, T. R. Qi, J. Qin, J. Ramírez García, D. Singh, R. Sanchez, L. Santos, J. M. F. dos Sarnoff, I. Sartorelli, G. Schreiner, J. Schulte, D. Schulte, P. Schulze Eißing, H. Schumann, M. Scotto Lavina, L. Selvi, M. Semeria, F. Shagin, P. Shi, S. Shockley, E. Silva, M. Simgen, H. Takeda, A. Tan, P-L Terliuk, A. Thers, D. Toschi, F. Trinchero, G. Tunnell, C. Tönnies, F. Valerius, K. Volta, G. Weinheimer, C. Weiss, M. Wenz, D. Wittweg, C. Wolf, T. Wu, V. H. S. Xing, Y. Xu, D. Xu, Z. R. Yamashita, M. Yang, L. Ye, J. Yuan, L. Zavattini, G. Zhong, M. Zhu, T. |
Keywords: | High Energy Physics - Experiment; High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors |
Issue Date: | 30-Jun-2023 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
metadata.degois.publication.title: | Physical Review Letters |
metadata.degois.publication.volume: | 130 |
metadata.degois.publication.issue: | 26 |
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 1×10^{12} and 2×10^{17} GeV/c^{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. |
Description: | 7 pages, 6 figures |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/112582 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.261002 |
Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Física - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais LIBPhys - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais
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