Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3 F8 Bubble Chamber

(PICO Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/1cwz-m1c3

Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3 F8 Bubble Chamber

(PICO Collaboration)

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Fermionic dark matter absorption on nuclear targets via neutral current interactions is explored using a nonrelativistic effective field theory framework. An analysis of data from the PICO-60 C3F8 bubble chamber sets leading constraints on spin-independent absorption for dark matter masses below 23 MeV/c2 and establishes the first limits on spin-dependent absorptive interactions. These results demonstrate the sensitivity of bubble chambers to low-mass dark matter and underscore the importance of absorption searches in expanding the parameter space of direct detection experiments.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	011001
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	135
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/1cwz-m1c3
State	Published - Jul 2 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C3 F8 Bubble Chamber

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