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Constraints on effective field theory couplings using 311.2 days of LUX data

Akerib, DS; Alsum, S; Araújo, HM; Bai, X; Balajthy, J; Bang, J; Baxter, A; ... Zhang, C; + view all (2021) Constraints on effective field theory couplings using 311.2 days of LUX data. Physical Review D , 104 (6) , Article 062005. 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.062005. Green open access

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Abstract

We report here the results of a nonrelativistic effective field theory (EFT) WIMP search analysis using LUX data. We build upon previous LUX analyses by extending the search window to include nuclear recoil energies up to ∼180 keVnr, requiring a reassessment of data quality criteria and background models. In order to use an unbinned profile likelihood statistical framework, the development of new analysis techniques to account for higher-energy backgrounds was required. With a 3.14×104 kg·day exposure using data collected between 2014 and 2016, we find our data is compatible with the background expectation and set 90% C.L. exclusion limits on nonrelativistic EFT WIMP-nucleon couplings, improving upon previous LUX results and providing constraints on a EFT WIMP interactions using the {neutron,proton} interaction basis. Additionally, we report exclusion limits on inelastic EFT WIMP-isoscalar recoils that are competitive and world-leading for several interaction operators.

Type: Article
Title: Constraints on effective field theory couplings using 311.2 days of LUX data
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.062005
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.062005
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135866
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