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Complementarity of direct detection experiments in search of light Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-12-22 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

Dark Matter experiments searching for Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) primarily use nuclear recoils (NRs) in their attempt to detect WIMPs. Migdal-induced electronic recoils (ERs) provide additional sensitivity to light Dark Matter with O(GeV/c2)\mathcal{O}(\text{GeV}/c^2) masses. In this work, we use Bayesian inference to find the parameter space where future detectors like XENONnT and SuperCDMS SNOLAB will be able to detect WIMP Dark Matter through NRs, Migdal-induced ERs or a combination thereof. We identify regions where each detector is best at constraining the Dark Matter mass and spin independent cross-section and infer where two or more detection configurations are complementary to constraining these Dark Matter parameters through a combined analysis.

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@article{arxiv.2204.01580,
  title  = {Complementarity of direct detection experiments in search of light Dark Matter},
  author = {J. R. Angevaare and G. Bertone and A. P. Colijn and M. P. Decowski and B. J. Kavanagh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.01580},
  year   = {2022}
}

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19 pages, 7 figures