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author Arnquist, I.
Avalos, N.
Baxter, D.
Bertou, X.
Castello-Mor, N.
Chavarria, A. E.
Cuevas-Zepeda, J.
Gutierrez, J. Cortabitarte
Duarte-Campderros, J.
Dastgheibi-Fard, A.
Deligny, O.
De Dominicis, C.
Estrada, E.
Gadola, N.
Gaıor, R.
Hossbach, T.
Iddir, L.
Khalil, L.
Kilminster, B.
Lantero-Barreda, A.
Lawson, I.
Lee, S.
Letessier-Selvon, A.
Loaiza, P.
Lopez-Virto, A.
Matalon, A.
Munagavalasa, S.
McGuire, K.
Mitra, P.
Norcini, D.
Papadopoulos, G.
Paul, S.
Piers, A.
Privitera, P.
Ramanathan, K.
Robmann, P.
Settimo, M.
Smida, R.
Thomas, R.
Traina, M.
Vila, I.
Vilar, R.
Warot, G.
Yajur, R.
Zopounidis, J-P.
author_facet Arnquist, I.
Avalos, N.
Baxter, D.
Bertou, X.
Castello-Mor, N.
Chavarria, A. E.
Cuevas-Zepeda, J.
Gutierrez, J. Cortabitarte
Duarte-Campderros, J.
Dastgheibi-Fard, A.
Deligny, O.
De Dominicis, C.
Estrada, E.
Gadola, N.
Gaıor, R.
Hossbach, T.
Iddir, L.
Khalil, L.
Kilminster, B.
Lantero-Barreda, A.
Lawson, I.
Lee, S.
Letessier-Selvon, A.
Loaiza, P.
Lopez-Virto, A.
Matalon, A.
Munagavalasa, S.
McGuire, K.
Mitra, P.
Norcini, D.
Papadopoulos, G.
Paul, S.
Piers, A.
Privitera, P.
Ramanathan, K.
Robmann, P.
Settimo, M.
Smida, R.
Thomas, R.
Traina, M.
Vila, I.
Vilar, R.
Warot, G.
Yajur, R.
Zopounidis, J-P.
contents We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an integrated exposure of 85.23 g days, and exploits the subelectron charge resolution and low level of dark current of DAMIC-M charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Dark-matter-induced ionization signals above the detector dark current are searched for in CCD pixels with charge up to 7e$^-$. With this dataset we place limits on dark matter particles of mass between 0.53 and 1000 MeV/$c^2$, excluding unexplored regions of parameter space in the mass ranges [1.6,1000] MeV/$c^2$ and [1.5,15.1] MeV/$c^2$ for ultralight and heavy mediator interactions, respectively.
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spellingShingle First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons
Arnquist, I.
Avalos, N.
Baxter, D.
Bertou, X.
Castello-Mor, N.
Chavarria, A. E.
Cuevas-Zepeda, J.
Gutierrez, J. Cortabitarte
Duarte-Campderros, J.
Dastgheibi-Fard, A.
Deligny, O.
De Dominicis, C.
Estrada, E.
Gadola, N.
Gaıor, R.
Hossbach, T.
Iddir, L.
Khalil, L.
Kilminster, B.
Lantero-Barreda, A.
Lawson, I.
Lee, S.
Letessier-Selvon, A.
Loaiza, P.
Lopez-Virto, A.
Matalon, A.
Munagavalasa, S.
McGuire, K.
Mitra, P.
Norcini, D.
Papadopoulos, G.
Paul, S.
Piers, A.
Privitera, P.
Ramanathan, K.
Robmann, P.
Settimo, M.
Smida, R.
Thomas, R.
Traina, M.
Vila, I.
Vilar, R.
Warot, G.
Yajur, R.
Zopounidis, J-P.
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an integrated exposure of 85.23 g days, and exploits the subelectron charge resolution and low level of dark current of DAMIC-M charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Dark-matter-induced ionization signals above the detector dark current are searched for in CCD pixels with charge up to 7e$^-$. With this dataset we place limits on dark matter particles of mass between 0.53 and 1000 MeV/$c^2$, excluding unexplored regions of parameter space in the mass ranges [1.6,1000] MeV/$c^2$ and [1.5,15.1] MeV/$c^2$ for ultralight and heavy mediator interactions, respectively.
title First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02372