Abstract
Abstract
On September 1, 2026, the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) collaboration reported a single, highly unexpected high-energy nuclear recoil event within an extended energy window up to ~270 keV, exhibiting a 2.6-sigma significance level (0.5% background probability). While mainstream interpretations attribute this June 16, 2023 event to an ultra-heavy inelastic Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) exceeding \(200 \text{ GeV/c}^2\), this paper presents a rigorous mathematical alternative grounded in the Dimensionally Extended Holographic Cosmology (DEHP) framework. We demonstrate that this singular interaction can be perfectly modeled without exogenous dark matter particles. By treating the local vacuum as an incompressible fluid substrate bounded by topological helical embedding constraints, we show that high-mass atomic targets (such as \(^{131}\text{Xe}\)) induce a local metric shear-strain. When the substrate’s localized parameter drift (\(\Phi _{t}\)) hits a finite holographic transmission boundary, it undergoes a non-linear pushback event. This alternative mechanism yields the exact dual scintillation (\(S1\)) and ionization (\(S2\)) profile observed in deep underground liquid xenon systems.
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Recommended Citation
Eckes, Christopher L., "Reinterpreting the LUX-ZEPLIN High-Energy Nuclear Recoil Anomaly: Localized Boundary Strain and Substrate Pushback Dynamics as an Alternative to Heavy Inelastic WIMPs", Technical Disclosure Commons, (September 02, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/11570