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Constraints on Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from Molecular Cloud Ionization
Anirudh Prabhu, Carlos Blanco
We demonstrate that ionization of by dark matter in dense molecular clouds can provide strong constraints on the scattering strength of dark matter with electrons. Mol…
The Molecular Migdal Effect
Carlos Blanco, Ian Harris, Yonatan Kahn +2
Nuclear scattering events with large momentum transfer in atomic, molecular, or solid-state systems may result in electronic excitations. In the context of atomic scattering by dar…
Dark Matter Direct Detection with Quantum Dots
Carlos Blanco, Rouven Essig, Marivi Fernandez-Serra +2
We propose using Quantum Dots as novel targets to probe sub-GeV dark matter-electron interactions. Quantum dots are nanocrystals of semiconducting material, which are commercially…
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of low-threshold dark matter direct detection in the next decade
Rouven Essig, Graham K. Giovanetti, Noah Kurinsky +90
The search for particle-like dark matter with meV-to-GeV masses has developed rapidly in the past few years. We summarize the science case for these searches, the recent progress,…
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: Ultraheavy particle dark matter
Daniel Carney, Nirmal Raj, Yang Bai +25
We outline the unique opportunities and challenges in the search for "ultraheavy" dark matter candidates with masses between roughly and the Planck scale $m_{\rm pl}…
Models of ultra-heavy dark matter visible to macroscopic mechanical sensing arrays
Carlos Blanco, Bahaa Elshimy, Rafael F. Lang +1
In recent years, the sensitivity of opto-mechanical force sensors has improved leading to increased interest in using these devices as particle detectors. In this study we consider…
Dark Matter Daily Modulation With Anisotropic Organic Crystals
Carlos Blanco, Yonatan Kahn, Benjamin Lillard +1
Aromatic organic compounds, because of their small excitation energies ~ O(few eV) and scintillating properties, are promising targets for detecting dark matter of mass ~ O(few MeV…
Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from Aromatic Organic Targets
Carlos Blanco, J. I. Collar, Yonatan Kahn +1
Sub-GeV dark matter (DM) which interacts with electrons can excite electrons occupying molecular orbitals in a scattering event. In particular, aromatic compounds such as benzene o…
Mediated WIMPs: Dead, Dying, or Soon to be Detected?
Carlos Blanco, Miguel Escudero, Dan Hooper +1
Although weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long been among the most studied and theoretically attractive classes of candidates for the dark matter of our universe,…
Constraining Sterile Neutrino Interpretations of the LSND and MiniBooNE Anomalies with Coherent Neutrino Scattering Experiments
Carlos Blanco, Dan Hooper, Pedro Machado
Results from the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments have been interpreted as evidence for a sterile neutrino with a mass near the electronvolt scale. Here we propose to test such a sce…
Novel Gamma-Ray Signatures of PeV-Scale Dark Matter
Carlos Blanco, J. Patrick Harding, Dan Hooper
The gamma-ray annihilation and decay products of very heavy dark matter particles can undergo attenuation through pair production, leading to the development of electromagnetic cas…