M. Di Mauro

Dark Matter at the Kinematic Edge: Interpreting the 248 keV LZ Nuclear-Recoil Candidate

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration recently reported one event consistent with a $248$ keV nuclear recoil in a $2.84$ tonne-year exposure, with a maximum local significance of $3.4\sigma$ and a global significance of $2.6\sigma$. We investigate whether the dark matter (DM)--nucleon interactions favored by this high-ener...