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Aguilar-Arevalo A, Amidei D, Bertou X, Butner M, Cancelo G, Castañeda Vázquez A, Cervantes Vergara BA, Chavarria AE, Chavez CR, de Mello Neto JRT, D'Olivo JC, Estrada J, Fernandez Moroni G, Gaïor R, Guardincerri Y, Hernández Torres KP, Izraelevitch F, Kavner A, Kilminster B, Lawson I, Letessier-Selvon A, Liao J, Matalon A, Mello VBB, Molina J, Privitera P, Ramanathan K, Sarkis Y, Schwarz T, Settimo M, Sofo Haro M, Thomas R, Tiffenberg J, Tiouchichine E, Torres Machado D, Trillaud F, You X, Zhou J. First Direct-Detection Constraints on eV-Scale Hidden-Photon Dark Matter with DAMIC at SNOLAB. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:141803. [PMID: 28430473 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.141803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
We present direct detection constraints on the absorption of hidden-photon dark matter with particle masses in the range 1.2-30 eV c^{-2} with the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB. Under the assumption that the local dark matter is entirely constituted of hidden photons, the sensitivity to the kinetic mixing parameter κ is competitive with constraints from solar emission, reaching a minimum value of 2.2×10^{-14} at 17 eV c^{-2}. These results are the most stringent direct detection constraints on hidden-photon dark matter in the galactic halo with masses 3-12 eV c^{-2} and the first demonstration of direct experimental sensitivity to ionization signals <12 eV from dark matter interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - D Amidei
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - X Bertou
- Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA/CONICET/IB, Bariloche 8400, Argentina
| | - M Butner
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - G Cancelo
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | | | | | - A E Chavarria
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - C R Chavez
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion 2169, Paraguay
| | - J R T de Mello Neto
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil
| | - J C D'Olivo
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
| | - J Estrada
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - G Fernandez Moroni
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
- Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca 8000, Argentina
| | - R Gaïor
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - Y Guardincerri
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | | | - F Izraelevitch
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - A Kavner
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - B Kilminster
- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zurich 8057, Switzerland
| | - I Lawson
- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
| | - A Letessier-Selvon
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - J Liao
- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zurich 8057, Switzerland
| | - A Matalon
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - V B B Mello
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil
| | - J Molina
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion 2169, Paraguay
| | - P Privitera
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - K Ramanathan
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - Y Sarkis
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
| | - T Schwarz
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - M Settimo
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Sofo Haro
- Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA/CONICET/IB, Bariloche 8400, Argentina
| | - R Thomas
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - J Tiffenberg
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - E Tiouchichine
- Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA/CONICET/IB, Bariloche 8400, Argentina
| | - D Torres Machado
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil
| | - F Trillaud
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
| | - X You
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-611, Brazil
| | - J Zhou
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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