We investigate Λ production in the ( <math altimg='si146.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>&#960;</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>, <math altimg='si3.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>) reaction on a 6Li target at <math altimg='si4.svg'><msub><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>&#960;</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></msub><mo linebreak='goodbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>=</mo><mn>1.05</mn></math> GeV/ <italic>c</italic>, using the distorted-wave impulse approximation (DWIA) with the Fermi-averaged <math altimg='si5.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>&#960;</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup><mi>n</mi><mo stretchy='false'>&#8594;</mo><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></math> amplitudes. The calculated spectrum is in good agreement with the experimental data, suggesting that <math altimg='si1.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts></math>- <italic>d</italic> configurations play a key role in describing the &#923; continuum states of <math altimg='si23.svg'><msubsup><mrow /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>6</mn></mrow></msubsup></math>Li near and above the <math altimg='si8.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><none /><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><mo linebreak='goodbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo><mi>d</mi><mo linebreak='goodbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></math> threshold. Our analysis shows that the <math altimg='si1.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts></math> hypernucleus as a hyperfragment is prominently produced through <italic>D</italic>-wave resonances with <math altimg='si9.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>J</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow></msup><mo linebreak='goodbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>=</mo><msup><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>, <math altimg='si10.svg'><msup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>, and <math altimg='si11.svg'><msup><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math> in the <math altimg='si108.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><mo linebreak='goodbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo><mi>d</mi></math> channel at a large momentum transfer <math altimg='si13.svg'><mi>q</mi><mo>&#8771;</mo><mn>360</mn></math>&#8211;400 MeV/ <italic>c</italic>. These findings provide theoretical evidence for the production of a <math altimg='si1.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts></math> hyperfragment via a cluster-like mechanism in the 6Li( <math altimg='si146.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>&#960;</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>, <math altimg='si3.svg'><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak='badbreak' linebreakstyle='after'>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>) reaction.

Japan

Toru Harada

Yoshiharu Hirabayashi

Evidence for <math altimg='si1.svg'><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts /><mrow><mi mathvariant='normal'>&#923;</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts></math> hyperfragment production in the 6Li( <italic>&#960;</italic> +, <italic>K</italic> +) reaction

Detailed studies of two-neutrino double electron capture (2$\textit{ν}$DEC) is a crucial step towards searching for the neutrinoless mode to explore the Majorana nature of neutrinos. We have measured precisely the half-life of the 2$\textit{ν}$DEC process in Xe, utilizing a total exposure of 1.73 tonne year from the commissioning run and the first science run of the PandaX-4T experiment. A time-dependent background model in the $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (10 keV) energy is constructed for the first time in PandaX-4T data. With an unbinned maximum likelihood fit, we determine the half-life of the 2$\textit{ν}$DEC process to be (1.03 ± 0.15 ± 0.08 ) × 10 yr. Furthermore, we have evaluated the capture fraction for both electrons captured from the $\textit{K}$ shell ($\textit{KK}$) to be (65 ± 5)%, which aligns with the Xe nuclear model calculations within 1.8 $\textit{σ}$.

China

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

United States

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

Xuyang Ning

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

Measurement of two-neutrino double electron capture half-life of

We perform a search of double beta decay of Xe to the excited state, $$ {0}_1^{+} $$ , of Ba (2$\textit{νββ}$- $$ {0}_1^{+} $$ ), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site events are reconstructed up to the MeV energy scale, which helps to improve the background model significantly. The background contribution from the stainless steel platform outside PandaX-4T cryostat is evaluated for the first time. No significant evidence for 2$\textit{νββ}$- $$ {0}_1^{+} $$ is observed, resulting in a lower limit on half-life of 7$\textit{.}$5 × 10 yr at the 90% confidence level. This is the first experimental limit on such a rare decay in a natural xenon-based detector.

Zhizhen Zhou

Search for double beta decay of

The ultralight dark photon is an intriguing dark matter candidate. The interaction between visible and dark photons is introduced by the gauge kinetic mixing between the field strength tensors of the Abelian gauge groups in the Standard Model and dark sector. Relativistic electrodynamics was generalized to quantum electromagnetodynamics (QEMD) in the presence of both electric and magnetic charges. The photon is described by two four-potentials corresponding to two $ U(1) $ gauge groups and satisfying non-trivial commutation relations. In this work, we construct low-energy dark photon-photon interactions in the QEMD framework and obtain new dark photon-photon kinetic mixings. Then, we derive the consequent field and Maxwell's equations. We also investigate the detection strategies of dark photons as light dark matter and generic kinetic mixings at haloscope experiments.

Chang-Jie Dai

Tong Li

Rui-Jia Zhang

Dark photon dark matter in quantum electromagnetodynamics and detection at haloscope experiments * Li Tong is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12375096, 12035008, 11975129)

We present a novel constraint on light dark matter utilizing 1.54 metric ton/year of data acquired from the PandaX-4T dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. This constraint is derived through detecting electronic recoil signals resulting from the interaction with solar-enhanced dark matter flux. Low-mass dark matter particles, lighter than a few <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>MeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mi>c</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math>, can scatter with the thermal electrons in the Sun. Consequently, with higher kinetic energy, the boosted dark matter component becomes detectable via contact scattering with xenon electrons, resulting in a few keV energy deposition that exceeds the threshold of PandaX-4T. We calculate the expected recoil energy in PandaX-4T considering the Sun’s acceleration with heavy mediators and the detection capabilities of the xenon detector. The first experimental search results using the xenon detector yield the most stringent upper limits cross section of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>3.51</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>39</mn></mrow></msup><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mrow><mi>cm</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>0.08</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> for a solar boosted dark matter mass ranging from 0.02 to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>10</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mi>c</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></math>, achieving a 23-fold improvement compared with earlier experimental studies.

Search for Solar Boosted Dark Matter Particles at 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 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.

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

Axionlike particles (ALPs) and dark photons (DPs) are viable dark matter particle candidates. We have searched for possible ALP/DP signals in the PandaX-4T liquid xenon detector using <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>440</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>kg</mi><mo>·</mo><mi>yr</mi></mrow></math> of data. A binned likelihood fit is constructed to search for possible mono-energetic peaks induced by the absorption processes between ALPs/DPs and atomic electrons of xenon. A detailed temporal model of decays associated with xenon isotopes is introduced to constrain the number of background events. No signal excess over background expectations is observed, and we have established the most stringent exclusion limits for most ALP/DP masses across the range of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>150</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>keV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mi>c</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math>. The improvement is particularly significant within the mass range of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>150</mn><mi>–</mi><mn>400</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>keV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, with the average factor of 3.5 compared to previous results.

Search for MeV-Scale Axionlike Particles and Dark Photons with PandaX-4T

Cryogenic calorimetric experiments to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ( $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ ) are highly competitive, scalable and versatile in isotope. The largest planned detector array, CUPID, is comprised of about 1500 individual Li $$_{2}$$ $$^{100}$$ MoO $$_4$$ detector modules with a further scale up envisioned for a follow up experiment (CUPID-1T). In this article, we present a novel detector concept targeting this second stage with a low impedance TES based readout for the Li $$_2$$ MoO $$_4$$ absorber that is easily mass-produced and lends itself to a multiplexed readout. We present the detector design and results from a first prototype detector operated at the NEXUS shallow underground facility at Fermilab. The detector is a 2-cm-side cube with 21 g mass that is strongly thermally coupled to its readout chip to allow rise-times of $$\sim $$ 0.5 ms. This design is more than one order of magnitude faster than present NTD based detectors and is hence expected to effectively mitigate backgrounds generated through the pile-up of two independent two neutrino decay events coinciding close in time. Together with a baseline resolution of 1.95 keV (FWHM) these performance parameters extrapolate to a background index from pile-up as low as $$5\cdot 10^{-6}$$ counts/keV/kg/yr in CUPID size crystals. The detector was calibrated up to the MeV region showing sufficient dynamic range for $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ searches. In combination with a SuperCDMS HVeV detector this setup also allowed us to perform a precision measurement of the scintillation time constants of Li $$_2$$ MoO $$_4$$ , which showed a primary component with a fast O(20 $$\upmu $$ s) time scale.

G. Bratrud

C. Chang

R. Chen

Canada

E. Cudmore

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

Z. Hong

K. Kennard

S. Lewis

M. Lisovenko

L. Mateo

V. Novati

V. Novosad

France

E. Oliveri

R. Ren

J. Scarpaci

B. Schmidt

G. Wang

L. Winslow

V. Yefremenko

J. Zhang

D. Baxter

M. Hollister

C. James

P. Lukens

D. Temples

First demonstration of a TES based cryogenic Li $$_2$$ MoO $$_4$$ detector for neutrinoless double beta decay search

New particles beyond the standard model of particle physics, such as axions, can be effectively searched through their interactions with electrons. We use the large liquid xenon detector PandaX-4T to search for novel electronic recoil signals induced by solar axions, neutrinos with anomalous magnetic moment, axionlike particles, dark photons, and light fermionic dark matter. A detailed background model is established using the latest datasets with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>1.54</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>ton</mi><mtext> </mtext><mi>yr</mi></mrow></math> exposure. No significant excess above the background has been observed, and we have obtained competitive constraints for axion couplings, neutrino magnetic moment, and fermionic dark matter interactions.

Exploring New Physics with PandaX-4T Low Energy Electronic Recoil Data

In this Letter, we report the dark matter search results from the commissioning run (Run0) and the first science run (Run1) of the PandaX-4T experiment. The two datasets were processed with a unified procedure, with the Run1 data treated blindly. The data processing is improved compared to previous work, unifying the low-level signal reconstruction in a wide energy range up to 120 keV. With a total exposure of <math><mrow><mn>1.54</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>tonne</mi><mo>·</mo><mi>year</mi></mrow></math>, no significant excess of nuclear recoil events is found. The lowest 90% confidence level exclusion on the spin-independent cross section is <math><mrow><mn>1.6</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>47</mn></mrow></msup><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mrow><mi>cm</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> at a dark matter mass of <math><mn>40</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mi>c</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math>. Our results represent the most stringent constraint for a dark matter mass above <math><mrow><mn>100</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>.

Dark Matter Search Results from <math><mrow><mn>1.54</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>Tonne</mi><mo>·</mo><mi>Year</mi></mrow></math> Exposure of PandaX-4T