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Explaining the XENON1T Excess with Luminous Dark Matter
We show that the excess in electron recoil events seen by the XENON1T experiment can be explained by a relatively low-mass luminous dark matter candidate. The dark matter scatters inelastically in the detector (or the surrounding rock) to produce a heavier dark state with a ∼2-3 keV mass splitting. This …