Extended calculation of dark matter-electron scattering in crystal targets
Abstract
We extend the calculation of dark matter direct detection rates via electronic transitions in general dielectric crystal targets, combining state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations of electronic band structures and wave functions near the band gap, with semianalytic approximations to include additional states farther away from the band gap. We show, in particular, the importance of all-electron reconstruction for recovering large momentum components of electronic wave functions, which, together with the inclusion of additional states, has a significant impact on direct detection rates, especially for heavy mediator models and at $$\mathscr{O}$$(10 eV) and higher energy depositions. Applying our framework to silicon and germanium (that have been established already as sensitive dark matter detectors), we find that our extended calculations can appreciably change the detection prospects. Our calculational framework is implemented in an open-source program EXCEED-DM (Extended Calculation of Electronic Excitations for Direct detection of Dark Matter), to be released in an upcoming publication.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Simons Investigator Award; Quantum Information Science Enabled Discovery
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1830855
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1863915
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0021431; AC02-05CH11231; KA2401032
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 104 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; particle dark matter; particle phenomena; hypothetical particles; ab initio calculations; first principles calculations
Citation Formats
Griffin, Sinéad M., Inzani, Katherine, Trickle, Tanner, Zhang, Zhengkang, and Zurek, Kathryn M.. Extended calculation of dark matter-electron scattering in crystal targets. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.095015.
Griffin, Sinéad M., Inzani, Katherine, Trickle, Tanner, Zhang, Zhengkang, & Zurek, Kathryn M.. Extended calculation of dark matter-electron scattering in crystal targets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.095015
Griffin, Sinéad M., Inzani, Katherine, Trickle, Tanner, Zhang, Zhengkang, and Zurek, Kathryn M.. Wed .
"Extended calculation of dark matter-electron scattering in crystal targets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.095015.
@article{osti_1830855,
title = {Extended calculation of dark matter-electron scattering in crystal targets},
author = {Griffin, Sinéad M. and Inzani, Katherine and Trickle, Tanner and Zhang, Zhengkang and Zurek, Kathryn M.},
abstractNote = {We extend the calculation of dark matter direct detection rates via electronic transitions in general dielectric crystal targets, combining state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations of electronic band structures and wave functions near the band gap, with semianalytic approximations to include additional states farther away from the band gap. We show, in particular, the importance of all-electron reconstruction for recovering large momentum components of electronic wave functions, which, together with the inclusion of additional states, has a significant impact on direct detection rates, especially for heavy mediator models and at $\mathscr{O}$(10 eV) and higher energy depositions. Applying our framework to silicon and germanium (that have been established already as sensitive dark matter detectors), we find that our extended calculations can appreciably change the detection prospects. Our calculational framework is implemented in an open-source program EXCEED-DM (Extended Calculation of Electronic Excitations for Direct detection of Dark Matter), to be released in an upcoming publication.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.095015},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 9,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {11}
}
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