%0 Generic %1 sidhu2019death %A Sidhu, Jagjit Singh %A Scherrer, Robert J %A Starkman, Glenn %D 2019 %K tifr %T Death by Dark Matter %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06674 %X Macroscopic dark matter refers to a variety of dark matter candidates that would be expected to (elastically) scatter off of ordinary matter with a large geometric cross-section. A wide range of macro masses $M_X$ and cross-sections $\sigma_X$ remain unprobed. We show that over a wide region within the unexplored parameter space, collisions of a macro with a human body would result in serious injury or death. We use the absence of such unexplained impacts with a well-monitored subset of the human population to exclude a region bounded by $\sigma_X 10^-8 - 10^-7$ cm$^2$ and $M_X < 50$ kg. Our results open a new window on dark matter: the human body as a dark matter detector.

@misc{sidhu2019death, abstract = {Macroscopic dark matter refers to a variety of dark matter candidates that would be expected to (elastically) scatter off of ordinary matter with a large geometric cross-section. A wide range of macro masses $M_X$ and cross-sections $\sigma_X$ remain unprobed. We show that over a wide region within the unexplored parameter space, collisions of a macro with a human body would result in serious injury or death. We use the absence of such unexplained impacts with a well-monitored subset of the human population to exclude a region bounded by $\sigma_X \geq 10^{-8} - 10^{-7}$ cm$^2$ and $M_X < 50$ kg. Our results open a new window on dark matter: the human body as a dark matter detector.}, added-at = {2019-07-17T06:44:27.000+0200}, author = {Sidhu, Jagjit Singh and Scherrer, Robert J and Starkman, Glenn}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ac7d3e49ac7eef6aed5f4a5f49ecfa93/citekhatri}, description = {Death by Dark Matter}, interhash = {a4b2c1389150ef66f2d9f65e6a268e0d}, intrahash = {ac7d3e49ac7eef6aed5f4a5f49ecfa93}, keywords = {tifr}, note = {cite arxiv:1907.06674Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure}, timestamp = {2019-07-17T06:44:27.000+0200}, title = {Death by Dark Matter}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06674}, year = 2019 }