First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN

(2023)

Authors:

LZ Collaboration, J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, CS Amarasinghe, A Ames, TJ Anderson, N Angelides, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, M Arthurs, A Baker, S Balashov, J Bang, JW Bargemann, A Baxter, K Beattie, T Benson, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, HJ Birch, E Bishop, GM Blockinger, B Boxer, CAJ Brew, P Brás, S Burdin, M Buuck, MC Carmona-Benitez, M Carter, A Chawla, H Chen, JJ Cherwinka, NI Chott, MV Converse, A Cottle, G Cox, D Curran, CE Dahl, A David, J Delgaudio, S Dey, L de Viveiros, C Ding, JEY Dobson, E Druszkiewicz, SR Eriksen, A Fan, NM Fearon, S Fiorucci, H Flaecher, ED Fraser, TMA Fruth, RJ Gaitskell, A Geffre, J Genovesi, C Ghag, R Gibbons, S Gokhale, J Green, MGD van der Grinten, CR Hall, S Han, E Hartigan-O'Connor, SJ Haselschwardt, SA Hertel, G Heuermann, GJ Homenides, M Horn, DQ Huang, D Hunt, CM Ignarra, E Jacquet, RS James, J Johnson, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, D Khaitan, A Khazov, I Khurana, J Kim, J Kingston, R Kirk, D Kodroff, L Korley, EV Korolkova, H Kraus, S Kravitz, L Kreczko, B Krikler, VA Kudryavtsev, J Lee, DS Leonard, KT Lesko, C Levy, J Lin, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, W Lorenzon, C Lu, S Luitz, PA Majewski, A Manalaysay, RL Mannino, C Maupin, ME McCarthy, G McDowell, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, EH Miller, E Mizrachi, A Monte, ME Monzani, JD Morales Mendoza, E Morrison, BJ Mount, M Murdy, A St J Murphy, A Naylor, C Nedlik, HN Nelson, F Neves, A Nguyen, JA Nikoleyczik, I Olcina, KC Oliver-Mallory, J Orpwood, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, N Pannifer, N Parveen, SJ Patton, B Penning, G Pereira, E Perry, T Pershing, A Piepke, Y Qie, J Reichenbacher, CA Rhyne, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, HS Riyat, R Rosero, T Rushton, D Rynders, D Santone, ABMR Sazzad, RW Schnee, S Shaw, T Shutt, JJ Silk, C Silva, G Sinev, R Smith, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, I Stancu, A Stevens, K Stifter, B Suerfu, TJ Sumner, M Szydagis, WC Taylor, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, Z Tong, DR Tovey, J Tranter, M Trask, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, W Turner, A Vacheret, AC Vaitkus, V Velan, A Wang, JJ Wang, Y Wang, JR Watson, RC Webb, L Weeldreyer, TJ Whitis, M Williams, WJ Wisniewski, FLH Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, CJ Wright, Q Xia, X Xiang, J Xu, M Yeh, EA Zweig

Results from a prototype TES detector for the Ricochet experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Elsevier 1057 (2023) 168765

Authors:

C Augier, G Baulieu, V Belov, L Bergé, J Billard, G Bres, J-L Bret, A Broniatowski, M Calvo, A Cazes, D Chaize, M Chala, CL Chang, M Chapellier, L Chaplinsky, G Chemin, R Chen, J Colas, E Cudmore, M De Jesus, P de Marcillac, L Dumoulin, O Exshaw, S Ferriol, E Figueroa-Feliciano, J-B Filippini, JA Formaggio, S Fuard, K Gannon, J Gascon, A Giuliani, J Goupy, C Goy, C Guerin, E Guy, P Harrington, SA Hertel, M Heusch, Z Hong, J-C Ianigro, Y Jin, A Juillard, D Karaivanov, S Kazarcev, J Lamblin, H Lattaud, M Li, M Lisovenko, A Lubashevskiy, S Marnieros, N Martini, DW Mayer, J Minet, A Monfardini, F Mounier, V Novati, E Olivieri, C Oriol, L Ovalle Mateo, KJ Palladino, PK Patel, E Perbet, HD Pinckney, DV Poda, D Ponomarev, F Rarbi, J-S Real, T Redon, FC Reyes, J-S Ricol, A Robert, S Rozov, I Rozova, T Salagnac, B Schmidt, S Scorza, Ye Shevchik, T Soldner, J Stachurska, A Stutz, L Vagneron, W Van De Pontseele, C Veihmeyer, F Vezzu, G Wang, L Winslow, E Yakushev, VG Yefremenko, J Zhang, D Zinatulina

Search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 108:7 (2023) 072006

Authors:

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, CS Amarasinghe, A Ames, TJ Anderson, N Angelides, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, M Arthurs, A Baker, S Balashov, J Bang, JW Bargemann, A Baxter, K Beattie, P Beltrame, T Benson, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, HJ Birch, GM Blockinger, B Boxer, CAJ Brew, P Brás, S Burdin, M Buuck, MC Carmona-Benitez, C Chan, A Chawla, H Chen, JJ Cherwinka, NI Chott, MV Converse, A Cottle, G Cox, D Curran, CE Dahl, A David, J Delgaudio, S Dey, L de Viveiros, C Ding, JEY Dobson, E Druszkiewicz, SR Eriksen, A Fan, NM Fearon, S Fiorucci, H Flaecher, ED Fraser, TMA Fruth, RJ Gaitskell, A Geffre, J Genovesi, C Ghag, R Gibbons, S Gokhale, J Green, MGD van der Grinten, CR Hall, S Han, E Hartigan-O’Connor, SJ Haselschwardt, DQ Huang, SA Hertel, G Heuermann, M Horn, D Hunt, CM Ignarra, O Jahangir, RS James, J Johnson, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, D Khaitan, A Khazov, I Khurana, J Kim, J Kingston, R Kirk, D Kodroff, L Korley, EV Korolkova, H Kraus, S Kravitz, L Kreczko, B Krikler, VA Kudryavtsev, EA Leason, J Lee, DS Leonard, KT Lesko, C Levy, J Lin, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, X Liu, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, W Lorenzon, C Lu, D Lucero, S Luitz, PA Majewski, A Manalaysay, RL Mannino, C Maupin, ME McCarthy, G McDowell, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, EH Miller, E Mizrachi, A Monte, ME Monzani, JD Morales Mendoza, E Morrison, BJ Mount, M Murdy, A St. J. Murphy, D Naim, A Naylor, C Nedlik, HN Nelson, F Neves, A Nguyen, JA Nikoleyczik, I Olcina, KC Oliver-Mallory, J Orpwood, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, N Parveen, SJ Patton, B Penning, G Pereira, E Perry, T Pershing, A Piepke, S Poudel, Y Qie, J Reichenbacher, CA Rhyne, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, HS Riyat, R Rosero, T Rushton, D Rynders, D Santone, ABMR Sazzad, RW Schnee, S Shaw, T Shutt, JJ Silk, C Silva, G Sinev, R Smith, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, I Stancu, A Stevens, K Stifter, B Suerfu, TJ Sumner, M Szydagis, WC Taylor, DJ Temples, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, Z Tong, DR Tovey, J Tranter, M Trask, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, W Turner, A Vacheret, AC Vaitkus, A Wang, JJ Wang, Y Wang, JR Watson, RC Webb, L Weeldreyer, TJ Whitis, M Williams, WJ Wisniewski, FLH Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, CJ Wright, Q Xia, X Xiang, J Xu, M Yeh, EA Zweig

Search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure

Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 7, 072006

Authors:

J. Aalbers, D.S. Akerib, A.K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder, C.S. Amarasinghe, A. Ames, T.J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H.M. Araújo, J.E. Armstrong, M. Arthurs, A. Baker, S. Balashov, J. Bang, J.W. Bargemann, A. Baxter, K. Beattie, P. Beltrame, T. Benson, A. Bhatti, A. Biekert, T.P. Biesiadzinski, H.J. Birch, G.M. Blockinger, B. Boxer, C.A.J. Brew, P. Brás, S. Burdin, M. Buuck, M.C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, A. Chawla, H. Chen, J.J. Cherwinka, N.I. Chott, M.V. Converse, A. Cottle, G. Cox, D. Curran, C.E. Dahl, A. David, J. Delgaudio, S. Dey, L. de Viveiros, C. Ding, J.E.Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, S.R. Eriksen, A. Fan, N.M. Fearon, S. Fiorucci, H. Flaecher, E.D. Fraser, T.M.A. Fruth, R.J. Gaitskell, A. Geffre, J. Genovesi, C. Ghag, R. Gibbons, S. Gokhale, J. Green, M.G.D.van der Grinten, C.R. Hall, S. Han, E. Hartigan-O'Connor, S.J. Haselschwardt, D.Q. Huang, S.A. Hertel, G. Heuermann, M. Horn, D. Hunt, C.M. Ignarra, O. Jahangir, R.S. James, J. Johnson, A.C. Kaboth, A.C. Kamaha, D. Khaitan, A. Khazov, I. Khurana, J. Kim, J. Kingston, R. Kirk, D. Kodroff, L. Korley, E.V. Korolkova, H. Kraus, S. Kravitz, L. Kreczko, B. Krikler, V.A. Kudryavtsev, E.A. Leason, J. Lee, D.S. Leonard, K.T. Lesko, C. Levy, J. Lin, A. Lindote, R. Linehan , W.H. Lippincott, X. Liu, M.I. Lopes, E. Lopez Asamar, W. Lorenzon, C. Lu, D. Lucero, S. Luitz, P.A. Majewski, A. Manalaysay, R.L. Mannino, C. Maupin, M.E. McCarthy, G. McDowell, D.N. McKinsey, J. McLaughlin, E.H. Miller, E. Mizrachi, A. Monte, M.E. Monzani, J.D. Morales Mendoza, E. Morrison, B.J. Mount, M. Murdy, A.St.J. Murphy, D. Naim, A. Naylor, C. Nedlik, H.N. Nelson, F. Neves, A. Nguyen, J.A. Nikoleyczik, I. Olcina, K.C. Oliver-Mallory, J. Orpwood, K.J. Palladino, J. Palmer, N. Parveen, S.J. Patton, B. Penning, G. Pereira, E. Perry, T. Pershing, A. Piepke, S. Poudel, Y. Qie, J. Reichenbacher, C.A. Rhyne, Q. Riffard, G.R.C. Rischbieter, H.S. Riyat, R. Rosero, T. Rushton, D. Rynders, D. Santone, A.B.M.R. Sazzad, R.W. Schnee, S. Shaw, T. Shutt, J.J. Silk, C. Silva, G. Sinev, R. Smith, V.N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, J. Soria, I. Stancu, A. Stevens, K. Stifter, B. Suerfu, T.J. Sumner, M. Szydagis, W.C. Taylor, D.J. Temples, D.R. Tiedt, M. Timalsina, Z. Tong, D.R. Tovey, J. Tranter, M. Trask, M. Tripathi, D.R. Tronstad, W. Turner, A. Vacheret, A.C. Vaitkus, A. Wang, J.J. Wang, Y. Wang, J.R. Watson, R.C. Webb, L. Weeldreyer, T.J. Whitis, M. Williams, W.J. Wisniewski, F.L.H. Wolfs, S. Woodford, D. Woodward, C.J. Wright, Q. Xia, X. Xiang, J. Xu, M. Yeh, E.A. Zweig

Abstract:

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. We report searches for new physics appearing through few-keV-scale electron recoils, using the experiment’s first exposure of 60 live days and a fiducial mass of 5.5 t. The data are found to be consistent with a background-only hypothesis, and limits are set on models for new physics including solar axion electron coupling, solar neutrino magnetic moment and millicharge, and electron couplings to galactic axionlike particles and hidden photons. Similar limits are set on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter producing signals through ionized atomic states from the Migdal effect.

The MIGDAL experiment: Measuring a rare atomic process to aid the search for dark matter

Astroparticle Physics Elsevier 151 (2023) 102853

Authors:

HM Araújo, SN Balashov, JE Borg, FM Brunbauer, C Cazzaniga, CD Frost, F Garcia, AC Kaboth, M Kastriotou, I Katsioulas, A Khazov, H Kraus, VA Kudryavtsev, S Lilley, A Lindote, D Loomba, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, P Luna Dapica, PA Majewski, T Marley, C McCabe, AF Mills, M Nakhostin, T Neep, F Neves, K Nikolopoulos, E Oliveri, L Ropelewski, E Tilly, VN Solovov, TJ Sumner, J Tarrant, R Turnley, MGD van der Grinten, R Veenhof