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Constraints on Light Dark Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons from DAMIC at SNOLAB.

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We report direct-detection constraints on light dark matter particles interacting with electrons. The results are based on a method that exploits the extremely low levels of leakage current of the… Click to show full abstract

We report direct-detection constraints on light dark matter particles interacting with electrons. The results are based on a method that exploits the extremely low levels of leakage current of the DAMIC detector at SNOLAB of 2-6×10^{-22}  A cm^{-2}. We evaluate the charge distribution of pixels that collect <10e^{-} for contributions beyond the leakage current that may be attributed to dark matter interactions. Constraints are placed on so-far unexplored parameter space for dark matter masses between 0.6 and 100  MeV c^{-2}. We also present new constraints on hidden-photon dark matter with masses in the range 1.2-30  eV c^{-2}.

Keywords: matter particles; constraints light; dark matter; light dark; matter; particles interacting

Journal Title: Physical review letters
Year Published: 2019

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