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A Module For Boosted Dark Matter Event Generation in GENIE

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-12-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Models that produce a flux of semi-relativistic or relativistic boosted dark matter at large neutrino detectors are well-motivated extensions beyond the minimal weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) paradigm. Current and upcoming liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) based detectors will have improved sensitivity to such models, but also require improved theoretical modeling to better understand their signals and optimize their analyses. I present the first full Monte Carlo tool for boosted dark matter interacting with nuclei in the energy regime accessible to LArTPC detectors, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The code uses the nuclear and strong physics modeling of the GENIE neutrino Monte Carlo event generator with particle physics modeling for dark matter. The code will be available in GENIE v3. In addition, I present a code for generating a GENIE-compatible flux of boosted dark matter coming from the Sun that is released independently.

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@article{arxiv.1812.05616,
  title  = {A Module For Boosted Dark Matter Event Generation in GENIE},
  author = {Joshua Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.05616},
  year   = {2018}
}

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