New Windows on Heavy Dark Matter: Mineral Melt Modelling and X-Ray Readout for Muscovite Mica
This paper proposes a novel framework for detecting heavy composite dark matter using muscovite mica as a paleodetector, combining Sedov-Taylor thermal spike modeling and SRIM/TRIM simulations with a new rapid X-ray fluorescence readout method to establish projected sensitivities and critique previous exclusion limits.