Relation between the Migdal Effect and Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Isolated Atoms and Semiconductors
Abstract
A key strategy for sub-GeV dark matter direct detection is searches for small ionization signals that arise from dark matter-electron scattering or from the “Migdal” effect in dark matter-nucleus scattering. We show that the theoretical description of both processes is closely related, allowing for a principal mapping between them. We explore this for noble-liquid targets and, for the first time, estimate the Migdal effect in semiconductors using a crystal form factor. We present new constraints using XENON10, XENON100, and SENSEI data, and give projections for proposed experiments.
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- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC); United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF); Heising-Simons Foundation; Austrian Academy of Sciences
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- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 124 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society
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- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Physics
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Essig, Rouven, Pradler, Josef, Sholapurkar, Mukul, and Yu, Tien-Tien. Relation between the Migdal Effect and Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Isolated Atoms and Semiconductors. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.021801.
Essig, Rouven, Pradler, Josef, Sholapurkar, Mukul, & Yu, Tien-Tien. Relation between the Migdal Effect and Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Isolated Atoms and Semiconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.021801
Essig, Rouven, Pradler, Josef, Sholapurkar, Mukul, and Yu, Tien-Tien. Mon .
"Relation between the Migdal Effect and Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Isolated Atoms and Semiconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.021801.
@article{osti_1582500,
title = {Relation between the Migdal Effect and Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Isolated Atoms and Semiconductors},
author = {Essig, Rouven and Pradler, Josef and Sholapurkar, Mukul and Yu, Tien-Tien},
abstractNote = {A key strategy for sub-GeV dark matter direct detection is searches for small ionization signals that arise from dark matter-electron scattering or from the “Migdal” effect in dark matter-nucleus scattering. We show that the theoretical description of both processes is closely related, allowing for a principal mapping between them. We explore this for noble-liquid targets and, for the first time, estimate the Migdal effect in semiconductors using a crystal form factor. We present new constraints using XENON10, XENON100, and SENSEI data, and give projections for proposed experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.021801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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