Probing Sub-GeV Mass Strongly Interacting Dark Matter with a Low-Threshold Surface Experiment
Probing Sub-GeV Mass Strongly Interacting Dark Matter with a Low-Threshold Surface Experiment
Using data from the $\ensuremath{\nu}$-cleus detector, based on the surface of Earth, we place constraints on dark matter in the form of strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs) which interact with nucleons via nuclear-scale cross sections. For large SIMP-nucleon cross sections, the sensitivity of traditional direct dark matter searches using underground …