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Dark matter, CE$\nu$NS and neutrino new physics scrutinized by a statistical method in Xenon-based experiments

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-11-26 v3

Abstract

Dark matter direct detection experiments are going to touch the neutrino floor with a good chance to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEν\nuNS) and a probe of neutrino-related new physics (ν\nuNP). In this study, we emphatically investigate the simultaneous presence of dark matter and ν\nuNP revealing a response resembling of Standard Model neutrino backgrounds in Xenon-based dark matter experiments. Demonstrated by three U(1) extension models, we figure out that dark matter signals can be distinguished from an excess or a depletion of neutrino contributions from ν\nuNP by a statistically defined distinction method in nuclear and electronic recoil spectra. We also present the influence of ν\nuNP on the exclusion limits for spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions. Our work might pave the way for new physics discrimination in future dark matter experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2403.05819,
  title  = {Dark matter, CE$\nu$NS and neutrino new physics scrutinized by a statistical method in Xenon-based experiments},
  author = {Jian Tang and Bing-Long Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05819},
  year   = {2024}
}

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30 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in JHEP, Github repository: https://github.com/zhangblong/DistinctionLimit