scholarly journals Update of the direct detection of dark matter and the role of the nuclear spin

2001 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Bednyakov ◽  
H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Nuclear Spin ◽  
Direct Detection

scholarly journals Direct detection of supersymmetric dark matter and the role of the target nucleus spin

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 7128-7143 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Bednyakov ◽  
H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus ◽  
S. G. Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Target Nucleus ◽  
Direct Detection

Searching for Dark Matter: Background Discrimination in the PICO detector

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Daley
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Acoustic Sensors ◽  
Good Discrimination ◽  
Bubble Chambers ◽  
Background Events

The PICO experiment uses superheated bubble chambers located at SNOLAB for direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), one of the candidate particles for dark matter. Bubbles form in the detector when a particle interacts with a nucleus of the target fluid, and the recoiling deposits enough energy to nucleate a bubble in the superheated fluid. Much of the data analysis for PICO focuses on determining what type of particle caused a bubble to form. The differentiation is made by analysing signals from pressure sensors, piezoelectric acoustic sensors, and stereoscopic cameras. This talk will present an overview of the sensors and analysis which are used to discriminate between WIMP interactions and background events in the PICO 2L detector, with a focus on the role of image analysis and the potential sensitivity of the detector if good discrimination can be realized.

scholarly journals Fat brane, dark matter and localized kinetic terms in six dimensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo G. Landim
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Kinetic Term ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Complex Scalar ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Complex Scalar Field ◽  
Relic Abundance

Abstract Extra dimensions (ED) have been used as attempts to explain several phenomena in particle physics over the years. In this paper we investigate the role of an abelian gauge field as mediator of the interaction between dark matter (DM) and Standard Model (SM) particles, in a model with two flat and transverse ED compactified on the chiral square. DM is confined in a thin brane, localized at the origin of the chiral square, while the SM is localized in a finite width brane, lying in the opposite corner of the square. A brane-localized kinetic term is present in the DM brane, while in the fat brane it is not allowed. In this model the kinetic mixing is not required because we assume that the SM particles couple to the mediator through their $$B-L$$B-L charges, while DM couples to it via a dark charge. Assuming a complex scalar field as DM candidate it is possible to obtain the observed DM relic abundance and avoid direct detection constraints for some parameter choices.

scholarly journals The Role of Small Scale Experiments in the Direct Detection of Dark Matter

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Susana Cebrián
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Complex Detection

In the direct detection of the galactic dark matter, experiments using cryogenic solid-state detectors or noble liquids play for years a very relevant role, with increasing target mass and more and more complex detection systems. But smaller projects, based on very sensitive, advanced detectors following new technologies, could help in the exploration of the different proposed dark matter scenarios too. There are experiments focused on the observation of distinctive signatures of dark matter, like an annual modulation of the interaction rates or the directionality of the signal; other ones are intended to specifically investigate low mass dark matter candidates or particular interactions. For this kind of dark matter experiments at small scale, the physics case will be discussed and selected projects will be described, summarizing the basics of their detection methods and presenting their present status, recent results and prospects.

scholarly journals An update on the two singlet dark matter model

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanushree Basak ◽  
Baradhwaj Coleppa ◽  
Kousik Loho
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Matter Model ◽  
Relic Abundance ◽  
Dark Matter Model

Abstract We revisit the two real singlet extension of the Standard Model with a $$ {Z}_2\times {Z}_2^{\prime } $$ Z 2 × Z 2 ′ symmetry. One of the singlet scalars S2, by virtue of an unbroken $$ {Z}_2^{\prime } $$ Z 2 ′ symmetry, plays the role of a stable dark matter candidate. The other scalar S1, with spontaneously broken Z2-symmetry, mixes with the SM Higgs boson and acts as the scalar mediator. We analyze the model by putting in the entire set of theoretical and recent experimental constraints. The latest bounds from direct detection Xenon1T experiment severely restricts the allowed region of parameter space of couplings. To ensure the dark matter satisfies the relic abundance criterion, we rely on the Breit-Wigner enhanced annihilation cross-section. Further, we study the viability of explaining the observed gamma-ray excess in the galactic center in this model with a dark matter of mass in the ∼ 36 − 51 GeV window and present our conclusions.

scholarly journals Testing freeze-in with axial and vector Z′ bosons

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Cosme ◽  
Maíra Dutra ◽  
Stephen Godfrey ◽  
Taylor Gray
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Parity Violation ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Z Bosons ◽  
Massive Particle ◽  
Resonance Region ◽  
Low Mass

Abstract The freeze-in production of Feebly Interacting Massive Particle (FIMP) dark matter in the early universe is an appealing alternative to the well-known — and constrained — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) paradigm. Although challenging, the phenomenology of FIMP dark matter has been receiving growing attention and is possible in a few scenarios. In this work, we contribute to this endeavor by considering a Z′ portal to fermionic dark matter, with the Z′ having both vector and axial couplings and a mass ranging from MeV up to PeV. We evaluate the bounds on both freeze-in and freeze-out from direct detection, atomic parity violation, leptonic anomalous magnetic moments, neutrino-electron scattering, collider, and beam dump experiments. We show that FIMPs can already be tested by most of these experiments in a complementary way, whereas WIMPs are especially viable in the Z′ low mass regime, in addition to the Z′ resonance region. We also discuss the role of the axial couplings of Z′ in our results. We therefore hope to motivate specific realizations of this model in the context of FIMPs, as well as searches for these elusive dark matter candidates.

scholarly journals One-loop corrections to ALP couplings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bonilla ◽  
I. Brivio ◽  
M. B. Gavela ◽  
V. Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
Order Dimension ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Anomalous Couplings ◽  
The One

Abstract The plethora of increasingly precise experiments which hunt for axion-like particles (ALPs), as well as their widely different energy reach, call for the theoretical understanding of ALP couplings at loop-level. We derive the one-loop contributions to ALP-SM effective couplings, including finite corrections. The complete leading-order — dimension five — effective linear Lagrangian is considered. The ALP is left off-shell, which is of particular impact on LHC and accelerator searches of ALP couplings to γγ, ZZ, Zγ, WW, gluons and fermions. All results are obtained in the covariant Rξ gauge. A few phenomenological consequences are also explored as illustration, with flavour diagonal channels in the case of fermions: in particular, we explore constraints on the coupling of the ALP to top quarks, that can be extracted from LHC data, from astrophysical sources and from Dark Matter direct detection experiments such as PandaX, LUX and XENON1T. Furthermore, we clarify the relation between alternative ALP bases, the role of gauge anomalous couplings and their interface with chirality-conserving and chirality-flip fermion interactions, and we briefly discuss renormalization group aspects.

Erratum: Complementarity of dark matter direct detection: the role of bolometric targets

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (09) ◽  
pp. E01-E01 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.G Cerdeño ◽  
C Cuesta ◽  
M Fornasa ◽  
E García ◽  
C Ginestra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Direct Detection

scholarly journals Complementarity of dark matter direct detection: the role of bolometric targets

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (07) ◽  
pp. 028-028 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.G Cerdeño ◽  
C Cuesta ◽  
M Fornasa ◽  
E García ◽  
C Ginestra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Direct Detection
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