New limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator

Autor: Abgrall, N., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone III, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Caldwell, T. S., Chan, Y-D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. -H., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Dunagan, C., Efremenko, Yu., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Gilliss, T., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guinn, I. S., Guiseppe, V. E., Haufe, C. R. S., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Jasinski, B. R., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., Lopez, A. M., MacMullin, J., Martin, R. D., Massarczyk, R., Meijer, S. J., Mertens, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Poon, A. W. P., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Reine, A. L., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Shanks, B., Shirchenko, M., Suriano, A. M., Tedeschi, D., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Yu, C. -H., Yumatov, V., Zhitnikov, I., Zhu, B. X.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 161801 (2017)

We present new limits on exotic keV-scale physics based on 478 kg d of MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR commissioning data. Constraints at the 90% confidence level are derived on bosonic dark matter (DM) and solar axion couplings, Pauli exclusion principle viol

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00886

New Limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator.

Autor: Abgrall N; Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., Arnquist IJ; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA., Avignone FT; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA., Barabash AS; National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia., Bertrand FE; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA., Bradley AW; Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., Brudanin V; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia., Busch M; Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA., Buuck M; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Caldwell TS; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Chan YD; Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., Christofferson CD; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA., Chu PH; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Cuesta C; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Detwiler JA; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Dunagan C; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA., Efremenko Y; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA., Ejiri H; Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan., Elliott SR; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Gilliss T; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Giovanetti GK; Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA., Goett J; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Green MP; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA., Gruszko J; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Guinn IS; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Guiseppe VE; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Haufe CRS; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Henning R; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Hoppe EW; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA., Howard S; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA., Howe MA; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Jasinski BR; Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA., Keeter KJ; Department of Physics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA., Kidd MF; Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA., Konovalov SI; National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia., Kouzes RT; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA., Lopez AM; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA., MacMullin J; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Martin RD; Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada., Massarczyk R; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Meijer SJ; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Mertens S; Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München 80805, Germany.; Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München 80805, Germany., O'Shaughnessy C; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Poon AWP; Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., Radford DC; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA., Rager J; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Reine AL; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Rielage K; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Robertson RGH; Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA., Shanks B; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Shirchenko M; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia., Suriano AM; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA., Tedeschi D; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Trimble JE; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Varner RL; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA., Vasilyev S; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia., Vetter K; Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., Vorren K; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., White BR; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Wilkerson JF; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA., Wiseman C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Xu W; Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA., Yakushev E; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia., Yu CH; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA., Yumatov V; National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia., Zhitnikov I; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia., Zhu BX; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

Publikováno v: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2017 Apr 21; Vol. 118 (16), pp. 161801. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 21.