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Title: Dark matter directional detection in non-relativistic effective theories

Abstract

We extend the formalism of dark matter directional detection to arbitrary one-body dark matter-nucleon interactions. The new theoretical framework generalizes the one currently used, which is based on 2 types of dark matter-nucleon interaction only. It includes 14 dark matter-nucleon interaction operators, 8 isotope-dependent nuclear response functions, and the Radon transform of the first 2 moments of the dark matter velocity distribution. We calculate the recoil energy spectra at dark matter directional detectors made of CF{sub 4}, CS{sub 2} and {sup 3}He for the 14 dark matter-nucleon interactions, using nuclear response functions recently obtained through numerical nuclear structure calculations. We highlight the new features of the proposed theoretical framework, and present our results for a spherical dark matter halo and for a stream of dark matter particles. This study lays the foundations for model independent analyses of dark matter directional detection experiments.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik,Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen (Germany)
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
OSTI Identifier:
22454571
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 07; Other Information: PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP07(2015)026; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:11137; Article funded by SCOAP3. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CARBON SULFIDES; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; DETECTION; ENERGY SPECTRA; HELIUM 3; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEONS; RADON; RECOILS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION

Citation Formats

Catena, Riccardo. Dark matter directional detection in non-relativistic effective theories. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/026.
Catena, Riccardo. Dark matter directional detection in non-relativistic effective theories. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/026
Catena, Riccardo. 2015. "Dark matter directional detection in non-relativistic effective theories". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/026.
@article{osti_22454571,
title = {Dark matter directional detection in non-relativistic effective theories},
author = {Catena, Riccardo},
abstractNote = {We extend the formalism of dark matter directional detection to arbitrary one-body dark matter-nucleon interactions. The new theoretical framework generalizes the one currently used, which is based on 2 types of dark matter-nucleon interaction only. It includes 14 dark matter-nucleon interaction operators, 8 isotope-dependent nuclear response functions, and the Radon transform of the first 2 moments of the dark matter velocity distribution. We calculate the recoil energy spectra at dark matter directional detectors made of CF{sub 4}, CS{sub 2} and {sup 3}He for the 14 dark matter-nucleon interactions, using nuclear response functions recently obtained through numerical nuclear structure calculations. We highlight the new features of the proposed theoretical framework, and present our results for a spherical dark matter halo and for a stream of dark matter particles. This study lays the foundations for model independent analyses of dark matter directional detection experiments.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2015/07/026},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22454571}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 07,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}