Probing the scalar WIMP-pion coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

Abstract Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) may interact with a virtual pion that is exchanged between nucleons. This interaction channel is important to consider in models where the spin-independent isoscalar channel is suppressed. Using data from the first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment, containing 60 live days of data in a 5.5 tonne fiducial mass of liquid xenon, we report the results on a search for WIMP-pion interactions. We observe no significant excess and set an upper limit of 1.5 × 10 −46 cm 2 at a 90% confidence level for a WIMP mass of 33 GeV/c 2 for this interaction.

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Communications Physics
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2024-08-31
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01774-8
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Abstract Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) may interact with a virtual pion that is exchanged between nucleons. This interaction channel is important to consider in models where the spin-independent isoscalar channel is suppressed. Using data from the first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment, containing 60 live days of data in a 5.5 tonne fiducial mass of liquid xenon, we report the results on a search for WIMP-pion interactions. We observe no significant excess and set an upper limit of 1.5 × 10 −46 cm 2 at a 90% confidence level for a WIMP mass of 33 GeV/c 2 for this interaction.

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National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Yale University, Brown University, South Dakota State University, University of South Dakota, UK Research and Innovation, Australian Government, Imperial College London, University College London, University of Oxford, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Universität Zürich, Institute for Basic Science, Office of Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, High Energy Physics
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