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Semi-Analytic Predictions for Strong-Lensing Perturbers in Cold and Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Jonathan Tekverk, Duncan K. Adams, Simon Birrer +2
Strong gravitational lensing is sensitive to the abundance and internal structure of dark matter halos, providing a probe of gravothermal evolution in self-interacting dark matter…
Towards Quantum-Dot Detectors as Barcodes for Dark Matter Interactions
Marek Matas, Andrea Gallo Rosso, Antonio Cammarata +6
Quantum dots are tunable semiconductor nanocrystals that can be produced at industrial scales. We present the first ab initio calculation of the scattering of dark matter on electr…
The Migdal effect in Semiconductors for the Effective Field Theory of Dark Matter Direct Detection
Kim V. Berghaus, Rouven Essig, Megan H. McDuffie
The Migdal effect in semiconductors, prompt ionization from a primary nuclear scattering event, can be described across all kinematic regimes using an effective field theory that e…
The Dark Photon: a 2026 Perspective
Andrea Caputo, Rouven Essig
We give a pedagogical overview of dark photons. We describe the theory and their importance in particle physics research, and discuss searches using laboratory, astrophysical, and…
Pushing the Limits of Atomic Dark Matter: First-Principles Recombination Rates and Cosmological Constraints
Jared Barron, Rouven Essig, Megan H. McDuffie +2
Minimal atomic dark matter with its distinctive cooling mechanisms offers an instructive framework for understanding the potential impact of dark matter on small-scale structure fo…
Astrophysical uncertainties challenge 21-cm forecasts: A primordial black hole case study
Dominic Agius, Rouven Essig, Daniele Gaggero +3
The 21-cm signal is a powerful probe of the early Universe's thermal history and could provide a unique avenue for constraining exotic physics. Previous studies have forecasted str…
DarkNESS: A skipper-CCD NanoSatellite for Dark Matter Searches
Phoenix Alpine, Samriddhi Bhatia, Ana M. Botti +16
The Dark matter Nanosatellite Equipped with Skipper Sensors (DarkNESS) deploys a recently developed skipper-CCD architecture with sub-electron readout noise in low Earth orbit (LEO…
Constraints on Strongly-Interacting Dark Matter from the James Webb Space Telescope
Peizhi Du, Rouven Essig, Bernard J. Rauscher +1
Direct-detection searches for dark matter are insensitive to dark matter particles that have large interactions with ordinary matter, which are stopped in the atmosphere or the Ear…
DarkNESS: developing a skipper-CCD instrument to search for Dark Matter from Low Earth Orbit
Phoenix Alpine, Samriddhi Bhatia, Fernando Chierchie +8
The DarkNESS (Dark Matter Nano-satellite Equipped with Skipper Sensors) mission aims to deploy a skipper-CCD CubeSat Observatory to search for dark matter (DM) from Low Earth Orbit…
Semi-Analytic Modeling of Dark Matter Subhalo Encounters with Thin Stellar Streams: Statistical Predictions for GD-1-like Streams in CDM
Duncan K. Adams, Aditya Parikh, Oren Slone +3
Stellar streams from disrupted globular clusters are dynamically cold structures that are sensitive to perturbations from dark matter subhalos, allowing them in principle to trace…
Solar reflection of dark matter with dark-photon mediators
Timon Emken, Rouven Essig, Hailin Xu
We consider the scattering of low-mass halo dark-matter particles in the hot plasma of the Sun, focusing on dark matter that interact with ordinary matter through a dark-photon med…
Feedback in the dark: a critical examination of CMB bounds on primordial black holes
Dominic Agius, Rouven Essig, Daniele Gaggero +3
If present in the early universe, primordial black holes (PBHs) will accrete matter and emit high-energy photons, altering the statistical properties of the {Cosmic Microwave Backg…
Search for Gamma-ray Spectral Lines with the Fermi Large Area Telescope and Dark Matter Implications
LAT Collaboration
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a theoretical class of particles that are excellent dark matter candidates. WIMP annihilation or decay may produce essentially mono…