Clarity through the Neutrino Fog: Constraining New Forces in Dark Matter Detectors
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| author | Blanco-Mas, Pablo Coloma, Pilar Herrera, Gonzalo Huber, Patrick Kopp, Joachim Shoemaker, Ian M. Tabrizi, Zahra |
| author_facet | Blanco-Mas, Pablo Coloma, Pilar Herrera, Gonzalo Huber, Patrick Kopp, Joachim Shoemaker, Ian M. Tabrizi, Zahra |
| contents | The PANDAX-4T and XENONnT experiments present indications of Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CE$ν$NS) from ${}^{8}$B solar neutrinos at 2.6$σ$ and 2.7$σ$, respectively. This constitutes the first observation of the neutrino "floor" or "fog", an irreducible background that future dark matter searches in terrestrial detectors will have to contend with. Here, we first discuss the contributions from neutrino-electron scattering and from the Migdal effect in the region of interest of these experiments, and we argue that they are non-negligible. Second, we make use of the recent PANDAX-4T and XENONnT data to derive novel constraints on light scalar and vector mediators coupling to neutrinos and quarks. We demonstrate that these experiments already provide world-leading laboratory constraints on new light mediators in some regions of parameter space. |
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| spellingShingle | Clarity through the Neutrino Fog: Constraining New Forces in Dark Matter Detectors Blanco-Mas, Pablo Coloma, Pilar Herrera, Gonzalo Huber, Patrick Kopp, Joachim Shoemaker, Ian M. Tabrizi, Zahra High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment The PANDAX-4T and XENONnT experiments present indications of Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CE$ν$NS) from ${}^{8}$B solar neutrinos at 2.6$σ$ and 2.7$σ$, respectively. This constitutes the first observation of the neutrino "floor" or "fog", an irreducible background that future dark matter searches in terrestrial detectors will have to contend with. Here, we first discuss the contributions from neutrino-electron scattering and from the Migdal effect in the region of interest of these experiments, and we argue that they are non-negligible. Second, we make use of the recent PANDAX-4T and XENONnT data to derive novel constraints on light scalar and vector mediators coupling to neutrinos and quarks. We demonstrate that these experiments already provide world-leading laboratory constraints on new light mediators in some regions of parameter space. |
| title | Clarity through the Neutrino Fog: Constraining New Forces in Dark Matter Detectors |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14206 |