The authors show that molecules in the gas phase can be used for detecting dark matter down to MeV masses. In particular, a dark matter particle collides with the nuclei of a molecule, exciting a rovibrational mode. The molecule then decays into its ground vibrational state by emitting multiple infrared photons, which are detected by ultrasensitive photodetectors.
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A 2019 study studied this question.