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Ab Initio Structure Factors for Spin-Dependent Dark Matter Direct Detection

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); OSTI
  2. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)
  3. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  4. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  5. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  6. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
We present converged ab initio calculations of structure factors for elastic spin-dependent WIMP scattering off all nuclei used in dark matter direct-detection searches: 19F, 23Na, 27Al, 29Si, 73Ge, 127I, and 129,131Xe. From a set of established two- and three-nucleon interactions derived within chiral effective field theory, we construct consistent WIMP-nucleon currents at the one-body level, including effects from axial-vector two-body currents. We then apply the in-medium similarity renormalization group to construct effective valence-space Hamiltonians and consistently transformed operators of nuclear responses. Combining the recent advances of natural orbitals with three-nucleon forces expressed in large spaces, we obtain basis-space converged structure factors even in heavy nuclei. Generally results are consistent with previous calculations but large uncertainties in 127I highlight the need for further study.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-97ER41014
OSTI ID:
1980261
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 128; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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