Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data

E. Aprile; F. Agostini; M. Alfonsi; L. Arazi; K. Arisaka; F. Arneodo; M. Auger; C. Balan; P. Barrow; L. Baudis; B. Bauermeister; A. Behrens; A. Brown; E. Brown; S. Bruenner; G. Bruno; R. Budnik; L. Bütikofer; J. M.R. Cardoso; M. Cervantes; D. Coderre; A. P. Colijn; H. Contreras; J. P. Cussonneau; M. P. Decowski; A. Di Giovanni; E. Duchovni; S. Fattori; A. D. Ferella; A. Fieguth; W. Fulgione; F. Gao; M. Garbini; C. Geis; L. W. Goetzke; C. Grignon; E. Gross; W. Hampel; R. Itay; F. Kaether; B. Kaminsky; G. Kessler; A. Kish; H. Landsman; R. F. Lang; M. Le Calloch; D. Lellouch; L. Levinson; C. Levy; S. Lindemann; M. Lindner; J. A.M. Lopes; A. Lyashenko; S. Macmullin; T. Marrodán Undagoitia; J. Masbou; F. V. Massoli; D. Mayani; A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez; Y. Meng; M. Messina; B. Miguez; A. Molinario; G. Morana; M. Murra; J. Naganoma; K. Ni; U. Oberlack; S. E.A. Orrigo; P. Pakarha; E. Pantic; R. Persiani; F. Piastra; J. Pienaar; G. Plante; N. Priel; L. Rauch; S. Reichard; C. Reuter; A. Rizzo; S. Rosendahl; J. M.F. dos Santos; G. Sartorelli; S. Schindler; J. Schreiner; M. Schumann; L. Scotto Lavina; M. Selvi; P. Shagin; H. Simgen; A. Teymourian; D. Thers; A. Tiseni; G. Trinchero; C. Tunnell; O. Vitells; R. Wall; H. Wang; M. Weber; C. Weinheimer

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Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data

E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi, L. Arazi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, M. Auger, C. Balan, P. Barrow, L. Baudis, B. Bauermeister, A. Behrens, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, L. Bütikofer, J. M.R. Cardoso, M. CervantesD. Coderre, A. P. Colijn, H. Contreras, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, A. Di Giovanni, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, A. Fieguth, W. Fulgione, F. Gao, M. Garbini, C. Geis, L. W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gross, W. Hampel, R. Itay, F. Kaether, B. Kaminsky, G. Kessler, A. Kish, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, D. Lellouch, L. Levinson, C. Levy, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A.M. Lopes, A. Lyashenko, S. Macmullin, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, J. Masbou, F. V. Massoli, D. Mayani, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, M. Messina, B. Miguez, A. Molinario, G. Morana, M. Murra, J. Naganoma, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E.A. Orrigo, P. Pakarha, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, F. Piastra, J. Pienaar, G. Plante, N. Priel, L. Rauch, S. Reichard, C. Reuter, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J. M.F. dos Santos, G. Sartorelli, S. Schindler, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Thers, A. Tiseni, G. Trinchero, C. Tunnell, O. Vitells, R. Wall, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer

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Laboratory experiments searching for galactic dark matter particles scattering off nuclei have so far not been able to establish a discovery. We use data from the XENON100 experiment to search for dark matter interacting with electrons. With no evidence for a signal above the low background of our experiment, we exclude a variety of representative dark matter models that would induce electronic recoils. For axial-vector couplings to electrons, we exclude cross sections above 6 × 10^-35 cm² for particle masses of m_χ = 2 GeV/c². Independent of the dark matter halo, we exclude leptophilic models as an explanation for the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA signal, such as couplings to electrons through axial-vector interactions at a 4.4σ confidence level, mirror dark matter at 3.6σ, and luminous dark matter at 4.6σ.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	851-854
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	349
Issue number	6250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2069
State	Published - Aug 21 2015

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Aprile, E., Agostini, F., Alfonsi, M., Arazi, L., Arisaka, K., Arneodo, F., Auger, M., Balan, C., Barrow, P., Baudis, L., Bauermeister, B., Behrens, A., Brown, A., Brown, E., Bruenner, S., Bruno, G., Budnik, R., Bütikofer, L., Cardoso, J. M. R., ... Weinheimer, C. (2015). Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data. Science, 349(6250), 851-854. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2069

Aprile, E, Agostini, F, Alfonsi, M, Arazi, L, Arisaka, K, Arneodo, F, Auger, M, Balan, C, Barrow, P, Baudis, L, Bauermeister, B, Behrens, A, Brown, A, Brown, E, Bruenner, S, Bruno, G, Budnik, R, Bütikofer, L, Cardoso, JMR, Cervantes, M, Coderre, D, Colijn, AP, Contreras, H, Cussonneau, JP, Decowski, MP, Di Giovanni, A, Duchovni, E, Fattori, S, Ferella, AD, Fieguth, A, Fulgione, W, Gao, F, Garbini, M, Geis, C, Goetzke, LW, Grignon, C, Gross, E, Hampel, W, Itay, R, Kaether, F, Kaminsky, B, Kessler, G, Kish, A, Landsman, H, Lang, RF, Le Calloch, M, Lellouch, D, Levinson, L, Levy, C, Lindemann, S, Lindner, M, Lopes, JAM, Lyashenko, A, Macmullin, S, Marrodán Undagoitia, T, Masbou, J, Massoli, FV, Mayani, D, Melgarejo Fernandez, AJ, Meng, Y, Messina, M, Miguez, B, Molinario, A, Morana, G, Murra, M, Naganoma, J, Ni, K, Oberlack, U, Orrigo, SEA, Pakarha, P, Pantic, E, Persiani, R, Piastra, F, Pienaar, J, Plante, G, Priel, N, Rauch, L, Reichard, S, Reuter, C, Rizzo, A, Rosendahl, S, dos Santos, JMF, Sartorelli, G, Schindler, S, Schreiner, J, Schumann, M, Scotto Lavina, L, Selvi, M, Shagin, P, Simgen, H, Teymourian, A, Thers, D, Tiseni, A, Trinchero, G, Tunnell, C, Vitells, O, Wall, R, Wang, H, Weber, M & Weinheimer, C 2015, 'Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data', Science, vol. 349, no. 6250, pp. 851-854. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2069

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