Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

K. Schneck; B. Cabrera; D. G. Cerdeño; V. Mandic; H. E. Rogers; R. Agnese; A. J. Anderson; M. Asai; D. Balakishiyeva; D. Barker; R. Basu Thakur; D. A. Bauer; J. Billard; A. Borgland; D. Brandt; P. L. Brink; R. Bunker; D. O. Caldwell; R. Calkins; H. Chagani; Y. Chen; J. Cooley; B. Cornell; C. H. Crewdson; P. Cushman; M. Daal; P. C F Di Stefano; T. Doughty; L. Esteban; S. Fallows; E. Figueroa-Feliciano; G. L. Godfrey; S. R. Golwala; J. Hall; H. R. Harris; T. Hofer; D. Holmgren; L. Hsu; M. E. Huber; D. M. Jardin; A. Jastram; O. Kamaev; B. Kara; M. H. Kelsey; A. Kennedy; A. Leder; B. Loer; E. Lopez Asamar; P. Lukens; R. Mahapatra; K. A. Mccarthy; N. Mirabolfathi; R. A. Moffatt; J. D. Morales Mendoza; S. M. Oser; K. Page; W. A. Page; R. Partridge; M. Pepin; A. Phipps; K. Prasad; M. Pyle; H. Qiu; W. Rau; P. Redl; A. Reisetter; Y. Ricci; A. Roberts; T. Saab; B. Sadoulet; J. Sander; R. W. Schnee; S. Scorza; B. Serfass; B. Shank; D. Speller; D. Toback; S. Upadhyayula; A. N. Villano; B. Welliver; J. S. Wilson; D. H. Wright; X. Yang; S. Yellin; J. J. Yen; B. A. Young; J. Zhang

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Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

K. Schneck, B. Cabrera, D. G. Cerdeño, V. Mandic, H. E. Rogers, R. Agnese, A. J. Anderson, M. Asai, D. Balakishiyeva, D. Barker, R. Basu Thakur, D. A. Bauer, J. Billard, A. Borgland, D. Brandt, P. L. Brink, R. Bunker, D. O. Caldwell, R. Calkins, H. ChaganiY. Chen, J. Cooley, B. Cornell, C. H. Crewdson, P. Cushman, M. Daal, P. C F Di Stefano, T. Doughty, L. Esteban, S. Fallows, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, G. L. Godfrey, S. R. Golwala, J. Hall, H. R. Harris, T. Hofer, D. Holmgren, L. Hsu, M. E. Huber, D. M. Jardin, A. Jastram, O. Kamaev, B. Kara, M. H. Kelsey, A. Kennedy, A. Leder, B. Loer, E. Lopez Asamar, P. Lukens, R. Mahapatra, K. A. Mccarthy, N. Mirabolfathi, R. A. Moffatt, J. D. Morales Mendoza, S. M. Oser, K. Page, W. A. Page, R. Partridge, M. Pepin, A. Phipps, K. Prasad, M. Pyle, H. Qiu, W. Rau, P. Redl, A. Reisetter, Y. Ricci, A. Roberts, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, R. W. Schnee, S. Scorza, B. Serfass, B. Shank, D. Speller, D. Toback, S. Upadhyayula, A. N. Villano, B. Welliver, J. S. Wilson, D. H. Wright, X. Yang, S. Yellin, J. J. Yen, B. A. Young, J. Zhang

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We examine the consequences of the effective field theory (EFT) of dark matter-nucleon scattering for current and proposed direct detection experiments. Exclusion limits on EFT coupling constants computed using the optimum interval method are presented for SuperCDMS Soudan, CDMS II, and LUX, and the necessity of combining results from multiple experiments in order to determine dark matter parameters is discussed. We demonstrate that spectral differences between the standard dark matter model and a general EFT interaction can produce a bias when calculating exclusion limits and when developing signal models for likelihood and machine learning techniques. We also discuss the implications of the EFT for the next-generation (G2) direct detection experiments and point out regions of complementarity in the EFT parameter space.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	092004
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	91
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.092004
State	Published - May 18 2015

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Schneck, K., Cabrera, B., Cerdeño, D. G., Mandic, V., Rogers, H. E., Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Basu Thakur, R., Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., ... Zhang, J. (2015). Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(9), Article 092004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.092004

Schneck, K, Cabrera, B, Cerdeño, DG, Mandic, V, Rogers, HE, Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Asai, M, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jardin, DM, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mccarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Morales Mendoza, JD, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Roberts, A, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Toback, D, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yang, X, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA & Zhang, J 2015, 'Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 91, no. 9, 092004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.092004

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