Directional detection of dark matter using solid-state quantum sensing

R Ebadi, MC Marshall, DF Phillips, J Cremer… - AVS Quantum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Next-generation dark matter (DM) detectors searching for weakly interacting massive
particles (WIMPs) will be sensitive to coherent scattering from solar neutrinos, demanding an …

First direct detection constraints on Planck-scale mass dark matter with multiple-scatter signatures using the DEAP-3600 detector

P Adhikari, R Ajaj, M Alpízar-Venegas, DJ Auty… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Dark matter with Planck-scale mass (≃ 10 19 GeV/c 2) arises in well-motivated theories and
could be produced by several cosmological mechanisms. A search for multiscatter signals …

Report of the topical group on particle dark matter for snowmass 2021

J Cooley, T Lin, WH Lippincott, TR Slatyer… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This report summarizes the findings of the CF1 Topical Subgroup to Snowmass 2021, which
was focused on particle dark matter. One of the most important scientific goals of the next …

Accelerating composite dark matter discovery with nuclear recoils and the Migdal effect

JF Acevedo, J Bramante, A Goodman - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Large composite dark matter states source a scalar binding field that, when coupled to
Standard Model nucleons, provides a potential under which nuclei recoil and accelerate to …

IceCube at the frontier of macroscopic dark matter direct detection

Y Bai, J Berger, M Korwar - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract For a class of macroscopic dark matter models, inelastic scattering of dark matter
off a nucleus can generate electromagnetic signatures with GeV-scale energy. The IceCube …

Exploring light dark matter with the DarkSPHERE spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

L Balogh, C Beaufort, M Chapellier, EC Corcoran… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We present the conceptual design and the physics potential of darksphere, a proposed 3 m
in diameter spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby …

Indirect searches for ultraheavy dark matter in the time domain

DE Kaplan, X Luo, NH Nguyen, S Rajendran… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Dark matter may exist today in the form of ultraheavy composite bound states. Collisions
between such dark matter states can release intense bursts of radiation that includes …

The Final Frontier for Proton Decay

S Baum, C Little, P Sala, J Spitz, P Stengel - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present a novel experimental concept to search for proton decay. Using paleo-detectors,
ancient minerals acquired from deep underground which can hold traces of charged …

Diffuse x-ray and gamma-ray limits on boson stars that interact with nuclei

JF Acevedo, A Bhoonah… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Light bosonic dark matter can form gravitationally bound states known as boson stars. In this
work, we explore a new signature of these objects interacting with the interstellar medium …

New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Searches for dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments have
traditionally focused on the region of the parameter space that is characteristic of weakly …