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Title: DarkCapPy: Dark matter capture and annihilation

Abstract

DarkCapPy is a Python 3/Jupyter package for calculating rates associated with dark matter capture in the Earth, annihilation into light mediators, and the subsequent observable decay of the light mediators near the surface of the Earth. The package includes a calculation of the Sommerfeld enhancement at the center of the Earth and the timescale for capture–annihilation equilibrium. The code is open source and can be modified for other compact astronomical objects and mediator spins.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1611069
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1547498
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008541
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Computer Physics Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 242; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-4655
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; dark matter; light mediator; Sommerfeld; Python

Citation Formats

Green, Adam, and Tanedo, Philip. DarkCapPy: Dark matter capture and annihilation. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2019.04.010.
Green, Adam, & Tanedo, Philip. DarkCapPy: Dark matter capture and annihilation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.04.010
Green, Adam, and Tanedo, Philip. Mon . "DarkCapPy: Dark matter capture and annihilation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.04.010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1611069.
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abstractNote = {DarkCapPy is a Python 3/Jupyter package for calculating rates associated with dark matter capture in the Earth, annihilation into light mediators, and the subsequent observable decay of the light mediators near the surface of the Earth. The package includes a calculation of the Sommerfeld enhancement at the center of the Earth and the timescale for capture–annihilation equilibrium. The code is open source and can be modified for other compact astronomical objects and mediator spins.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cpc.2019.04.010},
journal = {Computer Physics Communications},
number = ,
volume = 242,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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