Direct and Indirect searches for DM-electron interactions in sub-GeV DM models

arXiv:2608.26467 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, hep-ex · Submitted 2026-08-26 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, hep-ex

Submitted: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-09-08

Comments: 25 pages, 7 figures

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

Terminology

• Dark Matter — 43× in this paper
• Benchmark — 13× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Low Background Chamber — 2× in this paper
• Standard Model — 2× in this paper
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Cosmic-Ray Data Base — 1× in this paper
• Momentum transfer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

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