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Search for inelastic dark matter-nucleus scattering with the PICO-60 CF3I and C3F8 bubble chambers
Physical review. D, v 108(6), 062003
05 Sep 2023
Abstract
PICO bubble chambers have exceptional sensitivity to inelastic dark matter-nucleus interactions due to a combination of their extended nuclear-recoil energy detection window from a few keV to Oo100 keV thorn or more and the use of iodine as a heavy target. Inelastic dark matter-nucleus scattering is interesting for studying the properties of dark matter, where many theoretical scenarios have been developed. This study reports the results of a search for dark matter inelastic scattering with the PICO-60 bubble chambers. The analysis reported here comprises physics runs from PICO-60 bubble chambers using CF3I and C3F8. The CF3I run consisted of 36.8 kg of CF3I reaching an exposure of 3415 kg-day operating at thermodynamic thresholds between 7 and 20 keV. The C3F8 runs consisted of 52 kg of C3F8 reaching exposures of 1404 and 1167 kg-day running at thermodynamic thresholds of 2.45 and 3.29 keV, respectively. The analysis disfavors various scenarios, in a wide region of parameter space, that provide a feasible explanation of the signal observed by the DAMA experiment, assuming an inelastic interaction, considering that the PICO CF3I bubble chamber used iodine as the target material.
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- Title
- Search for inelastic dark matter-nucleus scattering with the PICO-60 CF3I and C3F8 bubble chambers
- Creators
- E. Adams - Queen's UniversityB. Ali - Czech Tech Univ, Inst Expt & Appl Phys, CZ-12800 Prague, Czech RepublicI. J. Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryD. Baxter - Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USAE. Behnke - Indiana University South BendM. Bressler - Drexel UniversityB. Broerman - Queen's UniversityC. J. Chen - Northwestern UniversityK. Clark - Queen's UniversityJ. I. Collar - University of ChicagoP. S. Cooper - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryC. Cripe - Indiana Univ South Bend, Dept Phys, South Bend, IN 46634 USAM. Crisler - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryC. E. Dahl - Northwestern UniversityM. Das - Saha Inst Nucl Phys, High Energy Nucl & Particle Phys Div, Kolkata 700064, IndiaS. Fallows - Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, CanadaJ. Farine - Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, CanadaR. Filgas - Czech Tech Univ, Inst Expt & Appl Phys, CZ-12800 Prague, Czech RepublicA. Garcia-Viltres - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoO. Harris - Northeastern Illinois UniversityG. Giroux - Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaT. Hillier - Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, CanadaE. W. Hoppe - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryC. M. Jackson - Université de MontréalM. Jin - Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USAC. B. KraussV. Kumar - Saha Institute of Nuclear PhysicsM. Laurin - Université de MontréalI. Lawson - Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, CanadaA. Leblanc - Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, CanadaH. Leng - Pennsylvania State UniversityI. Levine - Indiana University South BendC. Licciardi - Laurentian UniversityW. H. Lippincott - Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USAP. MitraV. Monette - Université de MontréalC. Moore - Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaR. Neilson - Drexel University, PhysicsA. J. Noble - Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaH. Nozard - Université de MontréalS. Pal - University of AlbertaM-C PiroA. Plante - Univ Montreal, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H2V 0B3, CanadaS. Priya - Penn State, Mat Res Inst, University Pk, PA 16802 USAC. Rethmeier - University of AlbertaA. E. Robinson - Université de MontréalJ. Savoie - Université de MontréalA. SonnenscheinN. Starinski - Univ Montreal, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H2V 0B3, CanadaI. Stekl - Czech Tech Univ, Inst Expt & Appl Phys, CZ-12800 Prague, Czech RepublicD. Tiwari - Univ Montreal, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H2V 0B3, CanadaE. Vazquez-Jauregui - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoU. Wichoski - Laurentian Univ, Sch Nat Sci, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, CanadaV. Zacek - Univ Montreal, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H2V 0B3, CanadaJ. Zhang - Northwestern University
- Publication Details
- Physical review. D, v 108(6), 062003
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) DE-AC05-76RL01830 / U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) DEAC02-07CH11359 / Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE); University of Chicago Canada Foundation for Innovation; CGIAR; Spanish Government DE-SC0017815; DE-SC-0012161 / U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics; United States Department of Energy (DOE) 0919526; 1506337; 1242637; 1205987; 2209459; DMR-1936432 / National Science Foundation (NSF) IN108020; IN105923 / DGAPA UNAM Grants PAPIIT Province of Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation; Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) LM2023063 / Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) , Government of India, under the Centre for AstroParticle Physics II Project
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001074204800003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85172789705
- Other Identifier
- 991021861309104721
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