Snowmass white paper: Light dark matter direct detection at the interface with condensed matter physics

Mitridate, Andrea; Trickle, Tanner; Zhang, Zhengkang; Zurek, Kathryn M.

doi:10.1016/j.dark.2023.101221

Snowmass white paper: Light dark matter direct detection at the interface with condensed matter physics

Journal Article · 12 April 2023 · Phys.Dark Univ.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2023.101221· OSTI ID:2202942

^[1]; Trickle, Tanner ^[2]; ^[3]; Zurek, Kathryn M. ^[1]

Caltech
Caltech; Fermilab
UC, Santa Barbara

Direct detection experiments for light (sub-GeV) dark matter are making enormous leaps in reaching previously unexplored theory space. The need for accurate characterizations of target responses has led to a growing interplay between particle and condensed matter physics. This white paper summarizes recent progress on direct detection calculations that utilize state-of-the-art numerical tools in condensed matter physics and effective field theory techniques. These new results provide the theoretical framework for interpreting ongoing and planned experiments using electronic and collective excitations, and for optimizing future searches.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 2202942

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-23-551-T; arXiv:2203.07492; oai:inspirehep.net:2052428

Journal Information:: Phys.Dark Univ., Vol. 40

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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