Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment

We report a search for a lepton-portal dark matter model, where dark matter couples to a charged lepton in the standard model. This simplified model naturally leads to photon-mediated dark matter interactions with nuclei, making it suitable for direct dark matter detection experiments. Matching to t...

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Main Authors: Xuyang Ning, Zihao Bo, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Yunhua Chen, Zhaokan Cheng, Xiangyi Cui, Yingjie Fan, Deqing Fang, Zhixing Gao, Lisheng Geng, Karl Giboni, Xunan Guo, Xuyuan Guo, Zichao Guo, Chencheng Han, Ke Han, Changda He, Jinrong He, Di Huang, Houqi Huang, Junting Huang, Ruquan Hou, Yu Hou, Xiangdong Ji, Xiangpan Ji, Yonglin Ju, Chenxiang Li, Jiafu Li, Mingchuan Li, Shuaijie Li, Tao Li, Zhiyuan Li, Qing Lin, Jianglai Liu, Congcong Lu, Xiaoying Lu, Lingyin Luo, Yunyang Luo, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Ma, Yajun Mao, Yue Meng, Binyu Pang, Ningchun Qi, Zhicheng Qian, Xiangxiang Ren, Dong Shan, Xiaofeng Shang, Xiyuan Shao, Guofang Shen, Manbin Shen, Wenliang Sun, Yi Tao, Anqing Wang, Guanbo Wang, Hao Wang, Jiamin Wang, Lei Wang, Meng Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Shaobo Wang, Siguang Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Wang, Xu Wang, Zhou Wang, Yuehuan Wei, Weihao Wu, Yuan Wu, Mengjiao Xiao, Xiang Xiao, Kaizhi Xiong, Yifan Xu, Shunyu Yao, Binbin Yan, Xiyu Yan, Yong Yang, Peihua Ye, Chunxu Yu, Ying Yuan, Zhe Yuan, Youhui Yun, Xinning Zeng, Minzhen Zhang, Peng Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Shu Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Li Zhao, Jifang Zhou, Jiaxu Zhou, Jiayi Zhou, Ning Zhou, Xiaopeng Zhou, Yubo Zhou, Zhizhen Zhou, Yang Bai
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Zihao Bo
Wei Chen
Xun Chen
Yunhua Chen
Zhaokan Cheng
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Zhixing Gao
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Karl Giboni
Xunan Guo
Xuyuan Guo
Zichao Guo
Chencheng Han
Ke Han
Changda He
Jinrong He
Di Huang
Houqi Huang
Junting Huang
Ruquan Hou
Yu Hou
Xiangdong Ji
Xiangpan Ji
Yonglin Ju
Chenxiang Li
Jiafu Li
Mingchuan Li
Shuaijie Li
Tao Li
Zhiyuan Li
Qing Lin
Jianglai Liu
Congcong Lu
Xiaoying Lu
Lingyin Luo
Yunyang Luo
Wenbo Ma
Yugang Ma
Yajun Mao
Yue Meng
Binyu Pang
Ningchun Qi
Zhicheng Qian
Xiangxiang Ren
Dong Shan
Xiaofeng Shang
Xiyuan Shao
Guofang Shen
Manbin Shen
Wenliang Sun
Yi Tao
Anqing Wang
Guanbo Wang
Hao Wang
Jiamin Wang
Lei Wang
Meng Wang
Qiuhong Wang
Shaobo Wang
Siguang Wang
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Xiuli Wang
Xu Wang
Zhou Wang
Yuehuan Wei
Weihao Wu
Yuan Wu
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description We report a search for a lepton-portal dark matter model, where dark matter couples to a charged lepton in the standard model. This simplified model naturally leads to photon-mediated dark matter interactions with nuclei, making it suitable for direct dark matter detection experiments. Matching to the framework of non-relativistic effective field theory for dark matter, we report the first sensitive search for this model using data from the PandaX-4T commissioning run. Our results yield strong constraints on Dirac fermion dark matter but relatively weaker constraints on Majorana dark matter due to the suppression of effective photon interactions. These constraints complement those obtained from the collider and indirect detection experiments.
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State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaKey Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China; Peng Huanwu Collaborative Center for Research and Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos & Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory (SCNT), Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huizhou 516000, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; 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Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaSchool of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaDepartment of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaKey Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaSchool of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, ChinaSchool of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaCollege of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaKey Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China; School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaKey Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaSchool of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaResearch Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd., 288 Shuanglin Road, Chengdu 610051, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, ChinaSJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, ChinaTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China; School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MoE), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sichuan Research Institute, Chengdu 610213, China; Jinping Deep Underground Frontier Science and Dark Matter Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Liangshan 615000, China; Corresponding author.School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaDepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA; Corresponding author.We report a search for a lepton-portal dark matter model, where dark matter couples to a charged lepton in the standard model. This simplified model naturally leads to photon-mediated dark matter interactions with nuclei, making it suitable for direct dark matter detection experiments. Matching to the framework of non-relativistic effective field theory for dark matter, we report the first sensitive search for this model using data from the PandaX-4T commissioning run. Our results yield strong constraints on Dirac fermion dark matter but relatively weaker constraints on Majorana dark matter due to the suppression of effective photon interactions. These constraints complement those obtained from the collider and indirect detection experiments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269325001492
spellingShingle Xuyang Ning
Zihao Bo
Wei Chen
Xun Chen
Yunhua Chen
Zhaokan Cheng
Xiangyi Cui
Yingjie Fan
Deqing Fang
Zhixing Gao
Lisheng Geng
Karl Giboni
Xunan Guo
Xuyuan Guo
Zichao Guo
Chencheng Han
Ke Han
Changda He
Jinrong He
Di Huang
Houqi Huang
Junting Huang
Ruquan Hou
Yu Hou
Xiangdong Ji
Xiangpan Ji
Yonglin Ju
Chenxiang Li
Jiafu Li
Mingchuan Li
Shuaijie Li
Tao Li
Zhiyuan Li
Qing Lin
Jianglai Liu
Congcong Lu
Xiaoying Lu
Lingyin Luo
Yunyang Luo
Wenbo Ma
Yugang Ma
Yajun Mao
Yue Meng
Binyu Pang
Ningchun Qi
Zhicheng Qian
Xiangxiang Ren
Dong Shan
Xiaofeng Shang
Xiyuan Shao
Guofang Shen
Manbin Shen
Wenliang Sun
Yi Tao
Anqing Wang
Guanbo Wang
Hao Wang
Jiamin Wang
Lei Wang
Meng Wang
Qiuhong Wang
Shaobo Wang
Siguang Wang
Wei Wang
Xiuli Wang
Xu Wang
Zhou Wang
Yuehuan Wei
Weihao Wu
Yuan Wu
Mengjiao Xiao
Xiang Xiao
Kaizhi Xiong
Yifan Xu
Shunyu Yao
Binbin Yan
Xiyu Yan
Yong Yang
Peihua Ye
Chunxu Yu
Ying Yuan
Zhe Yuan
Youhui Yun
Xinning Zeng
Minzhen Zhang
Peng Zhang
Shibo Zhang
Shu Zhang
Tao Zhang
Wei Zhang
Yang Zhang
Yingxin Zhang
Yuanyuan Zhang
Li Zhao
Jifang Zhou
Jiaxu Zhou
Jiayi Zhou
Ning Zhou
Xiaopeng Zhou
Yubo Zhou
Zhizhen Zhou
Yang Bai
Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
Physics Letters B
title Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
title_full Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
title_fullStr Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
title_full_unstemmed Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
title_short Search for lepton portal dark matter in the PandaX-4T experiment
title_sort search for lepton portal dark matter in the pandax 4t experiment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269325001492
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