| Title: |
Probing the scalar WIMP-pion coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data |
| Authors: |
Aalbers, J; Akerib, DS; Al Musalhi, AK; Alder, F; Amarasinghe, CS; Ames, A; Anderson, TJ; Angelides, N; Araújo, HM; Armstrong, JE; Arthurs, M; Baker, A; Balashov, S; Bang, J; Barillier, EE; Bargemann, JW; Beattie, K; Benson, T; Bhatti, A; Biekert, A; Biesiadzinski, TP; Birch, HJ; Bishop, EJ; Blockinger, GM; Boxer, B; Brew, CAJ; Brás, P; Burdin, S; Buuck, M; Carmona-Benitez, MC; Carter, M; Chawla, A; Chen, H; Cherwinka, JJ; Chin, YT; Chott, NI; Converse, MV; Cottle, A; Cox, G; Curran, D; Dahl, CE; David, A; Delgaudio, J; Dey, S; de Viveiros, L; Di Felice, L; Ding, C; Dobson, JEY; Druszkiewicz, E; Eriksen, SR; Fan, A; Fearon, NM; Fieldhouse, N; Fiorucci, S; Flaecher, H; Fraser, ED; Fruth, TMA; Gaitskell, RJ; Geffre, A; Genovesi, J; Ghag, C; Gibbons, R; Gokhale, S; Green, J; van der Grinten, MGD; Haiston, JJ; Hall, CR; Han, S; Hartigan-O’Connor, E; Haselschwardt, SJ; Hernandez, MA; Hertel, SA; Heuermann, G; Homenides, GJ; Horn, M; Huang, DQ; Hunt, D; Jacquet, E; James, RS; Johnson, J; Kaboth, AC; Kamaha, AC; Kannichankandy, M; Khaitan, D; Khazov, A; Khurana, I; Kim, YD; Kim, J; Kingston, J; Kirk, R; Kodroff, D; Korley, L; Korolkova, EV; Kraus, H; Kravitz, S; Kreczko, L; Kudryavtsev, VA; Leonard, DS; Lesko, KT; Levy, C |
| Source: |
Communications Physics, vol 7, iss 1 |
| Publisher Information: |
eScholarship, University of California |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University of California: eScholarship |
| Subject Terms: |
5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics (for-2020); 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics (for-2020); 51 Physical Sciences (for-2020); 40 Engineering (for-2020); 49 Mathematical sciences (for-2020) |
| Description: |
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 cm2 at a 90% confidence level for a WIMP mass of 33 GeV/c2 for this interaction. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
qt8rr59130; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rr59130 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s42005-024-01774-8 |
| Availability: |
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rr59130; https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01774-8 |
| Rights: |
public |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.5A3A1905 |
| Database: |
BASE |