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Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber

NázevTitle
Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble ChamberAbsorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
E. Adams, B. Ali, R. Anderson-Dornan, I. J. Arnquist, R. Filgas, I. Štekl
DOIDOI
10.1103/1cwz-m1c3
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physical Review Letters. 2025, 135(1), 1-6. ISSN 0031-9007.
RokYear
2025
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001528253600006
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-105012788706
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/25:00384865!RIV26-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

Fermionic dark matter absorption on nuclear targets via neutral current interactions is explored using a nonrelativistic effective field theory framework. An analysis of data from the PICO-60 C3F8 bubble chamber sets leading constraints on spin-independent absorption for dark matter masses below 23 MeV/c2 and establishes the first limits on spin-dependent absorptive interactions. These results demonstrate the sensitivity of bubble chambers to low-mass dark matter and underscore the importance of absorption searches in expanding the parameter space of direct detection experiments.

Fermionic dark matter absorption on nuclear targets via neutral current interactions is explored using a nonrelativistic effective field theory framework. An analysis of data from the PICO-60 C3F8 bubble chamber sets leading constraints on spin-independent absorption for dark matter masses below 23 MeV/c2 and establishes the first limits on spin-dependent absorptive interactions. These results demonstrate the sensitivity of bubble chambers to low-mass dark matter and underscore the importance of absorption searches in expanding the parameter space of direct detection experiments.