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  "abstract": "Solar capture of inelastic dark matter does not by itself fix the annihilation signal. We consider a scalar low-energy model with a $B-3L_τ$ current, motivated by the high-energy recoil candidate reported by LUX-ZEPLIN. For $m_χ=840~\\mathrm{GeV}$, a $320~\\mathrm{keV}$ splitting, and a $160~\\mathrm{MeV}$ mediator, the public LZ response gives 0.965 expected accepted events, while micrOMEGAs gives $Ωh^2=0.11999834$. Finite-momentum nuclear responses leave iron as an important solar-capture target despite the near cancellation of its coherent charge at zero momentum transfer. The captured population remains extended after thermal nuclear motion, elastic and inelastic scattering, and excited-state decay are included, with $r_{\\rm eff}=0.215R_\\odot$. Same-state annihilation is open, but the inferred rate is only 0.0404 of the public IceCube $W^+W^-$-calibrated proxy and is smaller than the corresponding isothermal estimate by a factor of 628. For this benchmark, substantial solar capture is accompanied by a weak neutrino signal.",
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    {
      "name": "XinXin Qi"
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    {
      "name": "Hao Sun"
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2609.10636",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.10636",
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  "published": "2026-10-07",
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  "title": "Solar Capture and Suppressed Annihilation of Inelastic Scalar Dark Matter",
  "title_text": "Solar Capture and Suppressed Annihilation of Inelastic Scalar Dark Matter",
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