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Harnik R, Plestid R, Pospelov M, Ramani H. Millicharged cosmic rays and low recoil detectors. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.075029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Baryakhtar M, Bramante J, Li SW, Linden T, Raj N. Dark Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars and an Infrared Window on WIMPs, SIMPs, and Pure Higgsinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:131801. [PMID: 29341667 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.131801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We identify a largely model-independent signature of dark matter (DM) interactions with nucleons and electrons. DM in the local galactic halo, gravitationally accelerated to over half the speed of light, scatters against and deposits kinetic energy into neutron stars, heating them to infrared blackbody temperatures. The resulting radiation could potentially be detected by the James Webb Space Telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope, or the European Extremely Large Telescope. This mechanism also produces optical emission from neutron stars in the galactic bulge, and x-ray emission near the galactic center because dark matter is denser in these regions. For GeV-PeV mass dark matter, dark kinetic heating would initially unmask any spin-independent or spin-dependent dark matter-nucleon cross sections exceeding 2×10^{-45} cm^{2}, with improved sensitivity after more telescope exposure. For lighter-than-GeV dark matter, cross-section sensitivity scales inversely with dark matter mass because of Pauli blocking; for heavier-than-PeV dark matter, it scales linearly with mass as a result of needing multiple scatters for capture. Future observations of dark sector-warmed neutron stars could determine whether dark matter annihilates in or only kinetically heats neutron stars. Because inelastic interstate transitions of up to a few GeV would occur in relativistic scattering against nucleons, elusive inelastic dark matter like pure Higgsinos can also be discovered.
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- Masha Baryakhtar
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
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- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
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- CCAPP and Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- CCAPP and Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Di Luzio L, Mescia F, Nardi E. Redefining the Axion Window. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:031801. [PMID: 28157360 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.031801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A major goal of axion searches is to reach inside the parameter space region of realistic axion models. Currently, the boundaries of this region depend on somewhat arbitrary criteria, and it would be desirable to specify them in terms of precise phenomenological requirements. We consider hadronic axion models and classify the representations R_{Q} of the new heavy quarks Q. By requiring that (i) the Q's are sufficiently short lived to avoid issues with long-lived strongly interacting relics, (ii) no Landau poles are induced below the Planck scale; 15 cases are selected which define a phenomenologically preferred axion window bounded by a maximum (minimum) value of the axion-photon coupling about 2 times (4 times) larger than is commonly assumed. Allowing for more than one R_{Q}, larger couplings, as well as complete axion-photon decoupling, become possible.
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- Luca Di Luzio
- Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí Franquès 1, E08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, C.P. 13, 100044 Frascati, Italy
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Huang X, Zheng XP, Wang WH, Li SZ. Constraints on millicharged particles by neutron stars. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.123513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kouvaris C, Pérez-García MÁ. Can dark matter explain the braking index of neutron stars? Int J Clin Exp Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.103539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kusakabe M, Kim KS, Cheoun MK, Kajino T, Kino Y. Be7charge exchange betweenBe3+7ion and an exotic long-lived negatively charged massive particle in big bang nucleosynthesis. Int J Clin Exp Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.88.063514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wong HT, Li HB, Lin ST. Enhanced sensitivities for the searches of neutrino magnetic moments through atomic ionization. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:061801. [PMID: 20867973 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.061801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A new detection channel on atomic ionization for possible neutrino electromagnetic interactions is identified and studied. Significant sensitivity enhancement is demonstrated when the energy transfer to the target is of the atomic-transition scale. The interaction cross section induced by neutrino magnetic moments (μ(ν)) is evaluated with the equivalent photon method. A new limit of μ(ν)(ν[over ¯](e))<1.3×10(-11) μ(B) at 90% confidence level is derived by using current reactor neutrino data. Potential reaches for future experiments are explored. Experiments with sub-keV sensitivities can probe μ(ν) to 10(-13) μ(B). Positive observations of μ(ν) in this range would imply that neutrinos are Majorana particles.
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- Henry T Wong
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Sierra DA, Porod W, Restrepo D, Yaguna CE. Novel Higgs decay signals inR-parity violating models. Int J Clin Exp Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.78.015015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rajaraman A, Smith BT. Determining spins of metastable sleptons at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Int J Clin Exp Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.76.115004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Javorsek D, Elmore D, Fischbach E, Granger D, Miller T, Oliver D, Teplitz V. New experimental limits on strongly interacting massive particles at the TeV scale. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2001; 87:231804. [PMID: 11736447 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.231804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have carried out a search for strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs) bound to Au and Fe nuclei, which could manifest themselves as anomalously heavy isotopes of these elements. Our samples included gold from the NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility satellite, RHIC at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and from various geological sources. We find no evidence for SIMPs in any of our samples, and our results set stringent limits (as low as approximately 10(-12)) on the abundances of anomalous Au or Fe isotopes with masses up to 1.67 and 0.65 TeV/c(2), respectively.
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- D Javorsek
- Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Javorsek D, Elmore D, Fischbach E, Miller T, Oliver D, Teplitz V. Experimental limits on the existence of strongly interacting massive particles bound to gold nuclei. Int J Clin Exp Med 2001. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.64.012005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dine M, Nelson AE, Nir Y, Shirman Y. New tools for low energy dynamical supersymmetry breaking. PHYSICAL REVIEW. D, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 1996; 53:2658-2669. [PMID: 10020261 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.53.2658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Carone CD, Murayama H. Realistic models with a light U(1) gauge boson coupled to baryon number. PHYSICAL REVIEW. D, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 1995; 52:484-493. [PMID: 10019059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.52.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Kane GL, Kolda C, Roszkowski L, Wells JD. Study of constrained minimal supersymmetry. PHYSICAL REVIEW. D, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 1994; 49:6173-6210. [PMID: 10016942 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.49.6173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Verkerk P, Grynberg G, Pichard B, Spiro M, Zylberajch S, Goldberg ME, Fayet P. Search for superheavy hydrogen in sea water. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1992; 68:1116-1119. [PMID: 10046084 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.68.1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Kaplan DB. Single explanation for both baryon and dark matter densities. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1992; 68:741-743. [PMID: 10045980 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.68.741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Sawicki M, Gajda M, Harley D, Rafelski J. Reactions of charged massive particles in a deuterium environment. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1991; 44:4345-4352. [PMID: 9906473 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.44.4345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Starkman GD, Gould A, Esmailzadeh R, Dimopoulos S. Opening the window on strongly interacting dark matter. PHYSICAL REVIEW. D, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 1990; 41:3594-3603. [PMID: 10012303 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.41.3594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Barwick SW, Price PB, Snowden-Ifft DP. Search for charged massive particles in cosmic rays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1990; 64:2859-2862. [PMID: 10041831 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.64.2859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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