Probing the scalar WIMP-pion coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

LZ Collaboration

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Probing the scalar WIMP-pion coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

LZ Collaboration

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Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) may interact with a virtual pion that is exchanged between nucleons. This interaction channel is important to consider in models where the spin-independent isoscalar channel is suppressed. Using data from the first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment, containing 60 live days of data in a 5.5 tonne fiducial mass of liquid xenon, we report the results on a search for WIMP-pion interactions. We observe no significant excess and set an upper limit of 1.5 × 10⁻⁴⁶ cm² at a 90% confidence level for a WIMP mass of 33 GeV/c² for this interaction.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	292
Journal	Communications Physics
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01774-8
State	Published - Dec 2024

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Probing the scalar WIMP-pion coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

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