1 code implementation • 13 Jun 2019 • Sebastian Baum, Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Patrick Stengel, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Christoph Weniger
Natural minerals on Earth are as old as $\mathcal{O}(1)\,$Gyr and, in many minerals, the damage tracks left by recoiling nuclei are also preserved for timescales long compared to 1 Gyr once created.
Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2 code implementations • 26 Nov 2018 • Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Christoph Weniger, Sebastian Baum, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Patrick Stengel
We find that in the most optimistic case of a %-level understanding of the background shape, we can achieve sensitivity to DM-nucleon scattering cross sections up to a factor of 100 smaller than current XENON1T bounds for DM masses above $100\,$GeV.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2 code implementations • 16 Nov 2018 • Andrzej K. Drukier, Sebastian Baum, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Patrick Stengel
For low-mass WIMPs with masses $m_\chi\lesssim10\,$GeV, the largest contribution to the background budget comes from nuclear recoils induced by coherent scattering of solar neutrinos.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Instrumentation and Detectors
2 code implementations • 15 Jun 2018 • Sebastian Baum, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Patrick Stengel
A large experimental program is underway to extend the sensitivity of direct detection experiments, searching for interactions of Dark Matter with nuclei, down to the {\it neutrino floor}.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
