Testing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with lithium aluminate targets in CRESST-III
Abstract
In the past decades, numerous experiments have emerged to unveil the nature of dark matter, one of the most discussed open questions in modern particle physics. Among them, the CRESST experiment, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, operates scintillating crystals as cryogenic phonon detectors. In this work, we present first results from the operation of two detector modules which both have 10.46 g LiAlO targets in CRESST-III. The lithium contents in the crystal are Li, with an odd number of protons and neutrons, and Li, with an odd number of protons. By considering both isotopes of lithium and Al, we set the currently strongest cross section upper limits on spin-dependent interaction of dark matter with protons and neutrons for the mass region between 0.25 and 1.5 GeV/c.
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@article{arxiv.2207.07640,
title = {Testing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with lithium aluminate targets in CRESST-III},
author = {G. Angloher and S. Banik and G. Benato and A. Bento and A. Bertolini and R. Breier and C. Bucci and J. Burkhart and L. Canonica and A. D'Addabbo and S. Di Lorenzo and L. Einfalt and A. Erb and F. v. Feilitzsch and N. Ferreiro Iachellini and S. Fichtinger and D. Fuchs and A. Fuss and A. Garai and V. M. Ghete and S. Gerster and P. Gorla and P. V. Guillaumon and S. Gupta and D. Hauff and M. Ješkovský and J. Jochum and M. Kaznacheeva and A. Kinast and H. Kluck and H. Kraus and A. Langenkämper and M. Mancuso and L. Marini and L. Meyer and V. Mokina and A. Nilima and M. Olmi and T. Ortmann and C. Pagliarone and L. Pattavina and F. Petricca and W. Potzel and P. Povinec and F. Pröbst and F. Pucci and F. Reindl and J. Rothe and K. Schäffner and J. Schieck and D. Schmiedmayer and S. Schönert and C. Schwertner and M. Stahlberg and L. Stodolsky and C. Strandhagen and R. Strauss and I. Usherov and F. Wagner and M. Willers and V. Zema},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.07640},
year = {2022}
}
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9 pages, 8 figures