A single 248 keV nuclear recoil in LUX-ZEPLIN leads far beyond an underground xenon detector. Inelastic dark matter that can scatter with nuclei on Earth may also be captured inside the Sun, where subsequent annihilation could leave a very different signature: high-energy neutrinos reaching IceCube. Connecting these two experimental environments creates an unusually broad test of dark matter masses, mass splittings, nuclear interactions, and possible annihilation channels.
Solar Neutrino Constraints on Inelastic Dark Matter Scattering in Light of Recent LUX-ZEPLIN Observations
