First Directional Dark Matter Limits from the MIMAC mu-TPC Detector

arXiv:2607.23527 · astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-07-26 · Read on arXiv

Ilias Ourahou, Daniel Santos, Olivier Guillaudin, Jean-Francois Muraz, Nadine Sauzet, Charling Tao

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Submitted: 2026-07-26

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Dark Matter — 34× in this paper
• Calibration — 9× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Active Volume — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Confidence Level — 2× in this paper
• Ionization Quenching Factor — 2× in this paper
• Region of Interest — 2× in this paper
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Principal Component Analysis (PCA) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

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• Normal transport properties for a classical particle coupled to a non-Ohmic bath
• Finding an Upper Limit in the Presence of Unknown Background
• Assessing the discovery potential of directional detection of Dark Matter

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