Effective field theory analysis of the first LUX dark matter search

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The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter search was a 250-kg active mass dual-phase time projection chamber that operated by detecting light and ionization signals from particles incident on a xenon target. In December 2015, LUX reported a minimum 90% upper C.L. of 6 × 10−46 cm2 on the spinindependent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering cross section based on a 1.4 × 104 kg · day exposure in its first science run. Tension between experiments and the absence of a definitive positive detection suggest it would be prudent to search for WIMPs outside the standard spin-independent/spin-dependent paradigm. Recent theoretical work has identified a complete basis of 14 independent effective field theory (EFT) operators to describe WIMP-nucleon interactions. In addition to spin-independent and spin-dependent nuclear responses, these operators can produce novel responses such as angular-momentum-dependent and spin-orbit couplings. Here we report on a search for all 14 of these EFT couplings with data from LUX’s first science run. Limits are placed on each coupling as a function of WIMP mass.

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Authors/Creators:	Akerib, DS Alsum, S Araújo, HM Bai, X Balajthy, J Baxter, A Bernard, EP Bernstein, A Biesiadzinski, TP Boulton, EM Boxer, B Brás, P Burdin, S Byram, D Carmona-Benitez, MC Chan, C Cutter, JE Viveiros, LD Druszkiewicz, E Fan, A Fiorucci, S Gaitskell, RJ Ghag, C Gilchriese, MGD Gwilliam, C Hall, CR Haselschwardt, SJ Hertel, SA Hogan, DP Horn, M Huang, DQ Ignarra, CM Jacobsen, RG Jahangir, O Ji, W Kamdin, K Kazkaz, K Khaitan, D Korolkova, EV Kravitz, S Kudryavtsev, VA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-5827 Larsen, NA Leason, E Lenardo, BG Lesko, KT Liao, J Lin, J Lindote, A Lopes, MI Manalaysay, A Mannino, RL Marangou, N McKinsey, DN Mei, D-M Moongweluwan, M Morad, JA Murphy, ASJ Naylor, A Nehrkorn, C Nelson, HN Neves, F Nilima, A Oliver-Mallory, KC Palladino, KJ Pease, EK Riffard, Q Rischbieter, GRC Rhyne, C Rossiter, P Shaw, S Shutt, TA Silva, C Solmaz, M Solovov, VN Sorensen, P Sumner, TJ Szydagis, M Taylor, DJ Taylor, R Taylor, WC Tennyson, BP Terman, PA Tiedt, DR To, WH Tvrznikova, L Utku, U Uvarov, S Vacheret, A Velan, V Webb, RC White, JT Whitis, TJ Witherell, MS Wolfs, FLH Woodward, D Xu, J Zhang, C
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2021 American Physical Society. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Dates:	Published: 15 June 2021 Published (online): 22 June 2021 Accepted: 25 May 2021
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/M003469/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/N001141/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/N000277/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/S000747/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/P00573X/1
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2020 12:21
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 11:49
Status:	Published
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122005
Related URLs:	arXiv URL
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168490

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