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  "abstract": "A bstract : Nuclear reactors serve as a key artificial source of light dark matter. Direct detection of reactor-produced dark matter faces substantial obstacles, since quenching effects suppress conventional elastic scattering signals below detector thresholds. We present a new search strategy utilizing the Migdal effect in germanium detectors to probe light dark matter produced via nuclear de-excitation from reactors. Using ON-OFF residual spectra from the TEXONO experiment, we set a new stringent limit on the dark matter and nucleus interaction over the mass range 0 . 01 MeV ≲ m χ ≲ 2 . 6 MeV, which provides a complementary bound to existing cosmological and astrophysical limits.",
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    "Nanjing Normal University",
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      "name": "Yuanchao Lou",
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      "name": "Liangliang Su",
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      "name": "Lei Wu",
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  "published": "2026-11-02",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "title": "Migdal ionization as a probe of light dark matter from nuclear transition",
  "title_text": "Migdal ionization as a probe of light dark matter from nuclear transition",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-06T00:20:57Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/65zhmvam835dg",
  "venue": "Journal of High Energy Physics",
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