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Calorimetric approach to paleo-detection of dark matter

Patrick Huber, Samuel Hedges

Combining track lengths with lattice vacancy counts in mineral samples lets paleo-detectors distinguish dark matter recoils from neutron backgrounds and reach cross-section sensitivities of order 10^{-48} cm^{2}.

arxiv:2605.13659 v1 · 2026-05-13 · hep-ph · astro-ph.CO · hep-ex

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C1strongest claim

The combined-analysis sensitivity reaches spin-independent dark-matter--nucleon cross sections of order 10^{-48} cm² at WIMP masses of a few tens of GeV, comparable to future direct detection experiments.

C2weakest assumption

That full-cascade SRIM simulations accurately predict the number of stable lattice vacancies produced by each nuclear recoil in olivine and that these vacancies can be measured as a reliable per-event observable complementary to track length.

C3one line summary

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.

References

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[2] Fossil tracks of charged particles in mica and the age of minerals, 1963

[3] G. A. Wagner and P. Van den haute,Fission Track Dating(Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1992) 1992

[4] Fission track dating of phosphate minerals and the thermochronology of apatite, 2002

[5] Search for magnetic monopoles in deep ocean deposits, 1969

[6] Search for supermassive magnetic monopoles using mica crystals, 1986

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arxiv: 2605.13659 · arxiv_version: 2605.13659v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.13659 · pith_short_12: 25DDGTHATBW7 · pith_short_16: 25DDGTHATBW7KTWP · pith_short_8: 25DDGTHA

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