scholarly journals Direct dark matter event rates with a velocity distribution in the Eddington approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Vergados ◽  
D. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Event Rates ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

WIMP event rates in directional experiments: The diurnal variation signature

Open Physics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Vergados ◽  
Charalampos Moustakidis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Event Rates ◽  
Matter Detection ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

AbstractThe recent WMAP data have confirmed that exotic dark matter together with the vacuum energy (cosmological constant) dominate in the flat Universe. Modern particle theories provide viable cold dark matter candidates with masses in the GeV-TeV region. All such candidates will be called WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles). The nature of dark matter can only be unraveled by its direct detection in the laboratory. In this work we present some theoretical elements relevant to the direct dark matter detection experiments, paying particular attention to directional experiments, i.e. experiments in which not only the energy but the direction of the recoiling nucleus is observed. Since the direction of observation is fixed with respect to the Earth, while the Earth is rotating around its axis, in a directional experiment the angle between the direction of observation and the Sun’s direction of motion will change during the day. So, since the event rates sensitively depend on this angle, the observed signal in such experiments will exhibit very interesting and characteristic periodic diurnal variation.

scholarly journals Implications of hydrodynamical simulations for the interpretation of direct dark matter searches

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (21) ◽  
pp. 1730016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassim Bozorgnia ◽  
Gianfranco Bertone
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Solar Neighborhood ◽  
Reliable Estimate ◽  
The Status ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

In recent years, realistic hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies like the Milky Way have become available, enabling a reliable estimate of the dark matter density and velocity distribution in the Solar neighborhood. We review here the status of hydrodynamical simulations and their implications for the interpretation of direct dark matter searches. We focus in particular on: the criteria to identify Milky Way-like galaxies; the impact of baryonic physics on the dark matter velocity distribution; the possible presence of substructures like clumps, streams, or dark disks; and on the implications for the direct detection of dark matter with standard and nonstandard interactions.

scholarly journals Dark atom solution for the puzzles of direct dark matter search

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timur Bikbaev ◽  
Maxim Khlopov ◽  
Andrey Mayorov
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Matter Search ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

scholarly journals Global interpretation of direct Dark Matter searches after CDMS-II results

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (02) ◽  
pp. 014-014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Kopp ◽  
Thomas Schwetz ◽  
Jure Zupan
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

Halo-independent analysis of direct dark matter detection through electron scattering

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
pp. 048
Author(s):  
Muping Chen ◽  
Graciela B. Gelmini ◽  
Volodymyr Takhistov
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Dark Halo ◽  
Sufficient Energy ◽  
Independent Analysis ◽  
Dark Matter Detection ◽  
Dark Matter Scattering ◽  
Matter Detection ◽  
Direct Dark Matter

Abstract Sub-GeV mass dark matter particles whose collisions with nuclei would not deposit sufficient energy to be detected, could instead be revealed through their interaction with electrons. Analyses of data from direct detection experiments usually require assuming a local dark matter halo velocity distribution. In the halo-independent analysis method, properties of this distribution are instead inferred from direct dark matter detection data, which allows then to compare different data without making any assumption on the uncertain local dark halo characteristics. This method has so far been developed for and applied to dark matter scattering off nuclei. Here we demonstrate how this analysis can be applied to scattering off electrons.

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