Exotic Dark Matter Search with the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; C. J. Barton; K. H. Bhimani; E. Blalock; B. Bos; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; M. L. Clark; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; C. R. Haufe; R. Henning; D. Hervas Aguilar; E. W. Hoppe; A. Hostiuc; M. F. Kidd; I. Kim; R. T. Kouzes; T. E. Lannen V; A. Li; A. M. Lopez; J. M. López-Castaño; E. L. Martin; R. D. Martin; R. Massarczyk; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; T. K. Oli; G. Othman; L. S. Paudel; W. Pettus; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; A. L. Reine; K. Rielage; N. W. Ruof; D. C. Schaper; D. Tedeschi; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; C. H. Yu; B. X. Zhu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041001

Exotic Dark Matter Search with the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, K. H. Bhimani, E. Blalock, B. Bos, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. H. Chu, M. L. Clark, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, G. K. GiovanettiM. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, C. R. Haufe, R. Henning, D. Hervas Aguilar, E. W. Hoppe, A. Hostiuc, M. F. Kidd, I. Kim, R. T. Kouzes, T. E. Lannen V, A. Li, A. M. Lopez, J. M. López-Castaño, E. L. Martin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, T. K. Oli, G. Othman, L. S. Paudel, W. Pettus, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, N. W. Ruof, D. C. Schaper, D. Tedeschi, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, C. H. Yu, B. X. Zhu

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With excellent energy resolution and ultralow-level radiogenic backgrounds, the high-purity germanium detectors in the Majorana Demonstrator enable searches for several classes of exotic dark matter (DM) models. In this work, we report new experimental limits on keV-scale sterile neutrino DM via the transition magnetic moment from conversion to active neutrinos νs→νa. We report new limits on fermionic dark matter absorption (χ+A→ν+A) and sub-GeV DM-nucleus 3→2 scattering (χ+χ+A→φ+A), and new exclusion limits for bosonic dark matter (axionlike particles and dark photons). These searches utilize the (1-100)-keV low-energy region of a 37.5-kg y exposure collected by the Demonstrator between May 2016 and November 2019 using a set of Ge76-enriched detectors whose surface exposure time was carefully controlled, resulting in extremely low levels of cosmogenic activation.

Original language	English
Article number	041001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	132
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041001
State	Published - 26 Jan 2024

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Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Barton, C. J., Bhimani, K. H., Blalock, E., Bos, B., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Caldwell, T. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. H., Clark, M. L., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Efremenko, Y., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., ... Zhu, B. X. (2024). Exotic Dark Matter Search with the Majorana Demonstrator. Physical Review Letters, 132(4), Article 041001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041001

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