A vacancy-counting calorimetric readout in paleo-detectors provides an event-by-event proxy for nuclear recoil species, suppressing neutron backgrounds and achieving spin-independent dark matter sensitivities of order 10^{-48} cm² at WIMP masses of tens of GeV.
Mineral detection of neutrinos and dark matter. A whitepaper
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Proposes heavy-element paleodetectors in lead-rich ancient minerals to detect inelastic Higgsino dark matter up to mass splittings of ~920 keV, relaxing radiopurity and depth constraints.
Proposes muscovite mica paleodetector framework for heavy composite dark matter using Sedov-Taylor melt modeling validated by SRIM/TRIM, X-ray fluorescence readout, projected sensitivities, and critique of prior etched mica exclusions.
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Calorimetric approach to paleo-detection of dark matter
A vacancy-counting calorimetric readout in paleo-detectors provides an event-by-event proxy for nuclear recoil species, suppressing neutron backgrounds and achieving spin-independent dark matter sensitivities of order 10^{-48} cm² at WIMP masses of tens of GeV.
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Heavy-element paleodetectors for Higgsino dark matter
Proposes heavy-element paleodetectors in lead-rich ancient minerals to detect inelastic Higgsino dark matter up to mass splittings of ~920 keV, relaxing radiopurity and depth constraints.
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New Windows on Heavy Dark Matter: Mineral Melt Modelling and X-Ray Readout for Muscovite Mica
Proposes muscovite mica paleodetector framework for heavy composite dark matter using Sedov-Taylor melt modeling validated by SRIM/TRIM, X-ray fluorescence readout, projected sensitivities, and critique of prior etched mica exclusions.