Inelastic dark matter electron scattering and the XENON1T excess

Detection of electron recoils by dark matter (DM) may reveal the structure of the dark sector. We consider a scenario where a heavier DM particle inelastically scatters off an electron and is converted into a lighter DM particle. A small mass difference between the two DM particles is transferred in...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Harigaya, Yuichiro Nakai, Motoo Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320305323