Sensitivity of the COHERENT experiment to accelerator-produced dark matter

D. Akimov; P. An; C. Awe; P. S. Barbeau; B. Becker; V. Belov; M. A. Blackston; A. Bolozdynya; B. Cabrera-Palmer; N. Chen; E. Conley; R. L. Cooper; J. Daughhetee; M. Del Valle Coello; J. A. Detwiler; M. R. Durand; Y. Efremenko; S. R. Elliott; L. Fabris; M. Febbraro; W. Fox; A. Galindo-Uribarri; M. P. Green; K. S. Hansen; M. R. Heath; S. Hedges; T. Johnson; M. Kaemingk; L. J. Kaufman; A. Khromov; A. Konovalov; E. Kozlova; A. Kumpan; L. Li; J. T. Librande; J. M. Link; J. Liu; K. Mann; D. M. Markoff; H. Moreno; P. E. Mueller; J. Newby; D. S. Parno; S. Penttila; D. Pershey; D. Radford; R. Rapp; H. Ray; J. Raybern; O. Razuvaeva; D. Reyna; G. C. Rich; D. Rudik; J. Runge; D. J. Salvat; K. Scholberg; A. Shakirov; G. Simakov; G. Sinev; W. M. Snow; V. Sosnovtsev; B. Suh; R. Tayloe; K. Tellez-Giron-Flores; R. T. Thornton; I. Tolstukhin; J. Vanderwerp; R. L. Varner; C. J. Virtue; G. Visser; C. Wiseman; T. Wongjirad; J. Yang; Y. R. Yen; J. Yoo; C. H. Yu; J. Zettlemoyer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052007

Sensitivity of the COHERENT experiment to accelerator-produced dark matter

D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, M. A. Blackston, A. Bolozdynya, B. Cabrera-Palmer, N. Chen, E. Conley, R. L. Cooper, J. Daughhetee, M. Del Valle Coello, J. A. Detwiler, M. R. Durand, Y. Efremenko, S. R. Elliott, L. Fabris, M. FebbraroW. Fox, A. Galindo-Uribarri, M. P. Green, K. S. Hansen, M. R. Heath, S. Hedges, T. Johnson, M. Kaemingk, L. J. Kaufman, A. Khromov, A. Konovalov, E. Kozlova, A. Kumpan, L. Li, J. T. Librande, J. M. Link, J. Liu, K. Mann, D. M. Markoff, H. Moreno, P. E. Mueller, J. Newby, D. S. Parno, S. Penttila, D. Pershey, D. Radford, R. Rapp, H. Ray, J. Raybern, O. Razuvaeva, D. Reyna, G. C. Rich, D. Rudik, J. Runge, D. J. Salvat, K. Scholberg, A. Shakirov, G. Simakov, G. Sinev, W. M. Snow, V. Sosnovtsev, B. Suh, R. Tayloe, K. Tellez-Giron-Flores, R. T. Thornton, I. Tolstukhin, J. Vanderwerp, R. L. Varner, C. J. Virtue, G. Visser, C. Wiseman, T. Wongjirad, J. Yang, Y. R. Yen, J. Yoo, C. H. Yu, J. Zettlemoyer

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Abstract

The COHERENT experiment is well poised to test sub-GeV dark matter models using detectors sensitive to coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) in the π+ decay-at-rest (π-DAR) neutrino beam produced by the Spallation Neutron Source. We show a planned 750-kg single-phase liquid argon scintillation detector would place leading limits on scalar light dark matter models for dark matter particles produced through vector and leptophobic portals in the absence of other effects beyond the standard model. The characteristic timing profile of a π-DAR beam allows a unique opportunity for constraining systematic uncertainties on the standard model background using a time window where dark matter signal is not expected, enhancing expected sensitivity. Additionally, we discuss future prospects which show that an on-axis CEvNS detector would probe the thermal abundance for a scalar dark matter candidate for all couplings α′≤1 for 15 MeV dark matter with just 1.0 tonne-yr of exposure with increased exposure testing a wider range of dark matter masses and spins.

Original language	English
Article number	052007
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	102
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052007
State	Published - Sep 2020

Funding

The COHERENT Collaboration acknowledges the generous resources provided by the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and thanks Fermilab for the continuing loan of the CENNS-10 detector. We also acknowledge support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities, the Institute for Basic Science (Korea, Grant No. IBS-R017-G1-2019-a00), the National Science Foundation, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 17-02-01077 A), and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Laboratory Directed Research and Development funds from ORNL and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory also supported this project. This research used the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. We thank Bhaskar Dutta, Louis Strigari, Doojin Kim, and Shu Liao for useful discussions.

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Akimov, D., An, P., Awe, C., Barbeau, P. S., Becker, B., Belov, V., Blackston, M. A., Bolozdynya, A., Cabrera-Palmer, B., Chen, N., Conley, E., Cooper, R. L., Daughhetee, J., Del Valle Coello, M., Detwiler, J. A., Durand, M. R., Efremenko, Y., Elliott, S. R., Fabris, L., ... Zettlemoyer, J. (2020). Sensitivity of the COHERENT experiment to accelerator-produced dark matter. Physical Review D, 102(5), Article 052007. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052007

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