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A High-Energy Clue in the Search for Dark Matter
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For decades, physicists have hunted for dark matter by looking for faint, low-energy particle collisions in underground detectors. By extending the energy window of the LUX-ZEPLIN liquid xenon experiment to capture much harder impacts, researchers can test complex theoretical frameworks like inelastic dark matter models. This expanded search recently captured a single, highly energetic recoil…