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Title: Search for charged excited states of dark matter with KamLAND-Zen
Particle dark matter could belong to a multiplet that includes an electrically charged state. WIMP dark matter (χ0) accompanied by a negatively charged excited state (χ−) with a small mass difference (e.g. < 20 MeV) can form a bound-state with a nucleus such as xenon. This bound-state formation is rare and the released energy is O(1−10) MeV depending on the nucleus, making large liquid scintillator detectors suitable for detection. We searched for bound-state formation events with xenon in two experimental phases of the KamLAND-Zen experiment, a xenon-doped liquid scintillator detector. No statistically significant events were observed. For a benchmark parameter set of WIMP mass mχ0=1 TeV and mass difference Δm=17 MeV, we set the most stringent upper limits on the recombination cross section times velocity 〈σv〉 and the decay-width of χ− to 9.2×10−30cm3/s and 8.7×10−14 GeV, respectively at 90% confidence level.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2110720 2310130
PAR ID:
10530373
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Publisher / Repository:
Elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physics Letters B
Volume:
855
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0370-2693
Page Range / eLocation ID:
138846
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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