Searching for dark matter-theoretical rates and exclusion plots due to the spin

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2009.12.017zbMATH Open1203.83078arXiv0907.3587OpenAlexW2096229395MaRDI QIDQ620733FDOQ620733

Authors: J. D. Vergados 

Publication date: 19 January 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The recent WMAP data have confirmed that exotic dark matter together with the vacuum energy (cosmological constant) dominate in the flat Universe. The nature of the dark matter constituents cannot be determined till they are directly detected. Recent developments in particle physics provide a number of candidates as constituents of dark matter, called Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). Since these interact weakly and are of low energy they cannot excite the target and can only be detected via measuring the recoiling nucleus. For all WIMPs, including the most popular candidate, the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP), the relevant cross sections arise out of the following mechanisms: i) The coherent mode, due to the scalar interaction. ii) The charge coherent mode, with only proton contribution, as in the recent case of secluded dark matter scenario and iii) The spin contribution arising from the axial current. In this paper we will focus on the spin contribution, which maybe important, especially for light targets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3587

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zbMATH Keywords

vacuum energyexotic dark matterflat Universeweakly interacting massive particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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