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Sub-GeV light dark matter often requires new light mediators, such as a dark $Z$ boson in the $L_\mu - L_\tau$ gauge theory. We study the search potential for such a $Z^\prime$ boson via the process $\mu e^- \to \mu e^- X$, with $X$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-13 Zijian Wang , Leyun Gao , Zhuo Chen , Cheng-en Liu , Jinning Li , Qite Li , Chen Zhou , Qiang Li , Yu Xu , Xueheng Zhang , Liangwen Chen , Zhiyu Sun , Ce Zhang

We calculate the scattering rate of sub-GeV dark matter in solid-state targets for spin-dependent dark matter -- nucleon interactions. For dark matter particles with mass below 100 MeV, the scattering occurs predominantly through incoherent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-16 Stefania Gori , Simon Knapen , Tongyan Lin , Pankaj Munbodh , Bethany Suter

We present results from a search for solar bosonic dark matter using the annual modulation method with the COSINE-100 experiment. The results were interpreted considering three dark sector bosons models: solar dark photon; DFSZ and KSVZ…

Axion dark matter differentiates the phase velocities of the circular-polarized photons. In Phys.Rev.Lett. 123 (2019) no.11, 111301, we have proposed a scheme to measure the phase difference by using a linear optical cavity. If the scheme…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-20 Koji Nagano , Ippei Obata , Tomohiro Fujita , Yuta Michimura

In this letter we point out the possibility to study new physics in the neutrino sector using dark matter detectors based on liquid xenon. These are characterized by very good spatial resolution and extremely low thresholds for electron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-22 Pilar Coloma , Patrick Huber , Jonathan M. Link

We estimate the synchrotron radiation of cosmic muons in a uniform magnetic field in the $\mu$eV-to-meV energy scale. Such events can potentially bring backgrounds to the axion dark matter searches. The GEANT4 software package is utilized…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-07 Dan Zhang , Gray Rybka , Edward J. Daw , Robyn Evren

Multi-component dark matter particles may have a more intricate direct detection signal than simple elastic scattering on nuclei. In a broad class of well-motivated models the inelastic excitation of dark matter particles is followed by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-03-19 Maxim Pospelov , Neal Weiner , Itay Yavin

The scintillation yields of ZnWO$_4$ crystals change depending on the incident direction of particles. This property can be used as a direction-sensitive dark matter detector. So, we investigated the ZnWO$_4$ light yields ratio of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-08 Juan W. Pedersen , Hiroyuki Sekiya , Koichi Ichimura

We propose anti-ferromagnets as optimal targets to hunt for sub-MeV dark matter with spin-dependent interactions. These materials allow for multi-magnon emission even for very small momentum transfers, and are therefore sensitive to dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-03 Angelo Esposito , Shashin Pavaskar

A well-motivated class of dark matter candidates, including axions and dark photons, takes the form of coherent oscillations of a light bosonic field. If the dark matter couples to Standard Model states, it may be possible to detect it via…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-08 Masha Baryakhtar , Junwu Huang , Robert Lasenby

We study the sensitivity of multi ton-scale time projection chambers using a liquid xenon target, e.g., the proposed DARWIN instrument, to spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon scattering interactions. Taking into account…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-14 Marc Schumann , Laura Baudis , Lukas Bütikofer , Alexander Kish , Marco Selvi

Dark matter with MeV scale mass is difficult to detect with standard direct search detectors. However, they can be searched for by considering the up-scattering of kinetic energies by cosmic rays. Because the dark matter density is higher…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-01 Keiko I. Nagao , Satoshi Higashino , Tatsuhiro Naka , Kentaro Miuchi

Several directional techniques have been proposed for a directional detection of Dark matter, among others anisotropic crystal detectors, nuclear emulsion plates, and low-pressure gaseous TPCs. The key point is to get access to the initial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 C. Couturier , J. P. Zopounidis , N. Sauzet , F. Naraghi , D. Santos

The measurement of an annual modulation in the event rate of direct dark matter detection experiments is a powerful tool for dark matter discovery. Indeed, several experiments have already claimed such a discovery in the past decade. While…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-05 Francis Froborg , Alan R Duffy

A search for dark matter was conducted by looking for an annual modulation signal due to the Earth's rotation around the Sun using XMASS, a single phase liquid xenon detector. The data used for this analysis was 359.2 live days times 832 kg…

We propose a new method to detect sub-GeV dark matter, through their scatterings from free leptons and the resulting kinematic shifts. Specially, such an experiment can detect dark matter interacting solely with muons. The experiment…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-12 Alim Ruzi , Chen Zhou , Xiaohu Sun , Dayong Wang , Siguang Wang , Yong Ban , Yajun Mao , Qite Li , Qiang Li

We explored the efficacy of lab-grown diamonds as potential target materials for the direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter~(DM) using metallic magnetic calorimeters~(MMCs). Diamond, with its excellent phononic properties and the low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-26 I. Kim , N. A. Kurinsky , H. Kagan , S. T. P. Boyd , G. B. Kim

Porous or biological materials comprise a multitude of micro-domains containing water. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance measurements are sensitive to the anisotropy of the thermal motion of such water. This anisotropy can be due to the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Cem Yolcu , Magnus Herberthson , Carl-Fredrik Westin , Evren Özarslan

Dark photons with masses in the 1-100 eV range can be produced in the Sun and subsequently absorbed in terrestrial detectors, offering a promising avenue for probing hidden-sector physics beyond the Standard Model. In this work, we develop…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-04 Theresa M. Backes , Riccardo Catena , Michael Krämer

If the dark matter particle has spin 0, only two types of WIMP-nucleon interaction can arise from the non-relativistic reduction of renormalisable single-mediator models for dark matter-quark interactions. Based on this crucial observation,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-17 Riccardo Catena , Jan Conrad , Christian Döring , Alfredo Davide Ferella , Martin B. Krauss