Direct detection prospects of dark vectors with xenon-based dark matter experiments

Abstract

Dark matter experiments primarily search for the scattering of WIMPs on target nuclei of well shielded underground detectors. The results from liquid scintillator experiments furthermore provide precise probes of very light and very weakly coupled particles that may be absorbed by electrons. In these proceedings we summarize previously obtained constraints on long-lived dark matter vector particles $V$ (dark photons) in the $0.01-100$ keV mass range. In addition, we provide a first projected sensitivity reach for the upcoming XENON1T dark matter search to detect dark photons.

5 pages, 1 figure; proceedings of the European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics 2015 (EPS-HEP 2015), Vienna, Austria; reference added