Dark Matter Induced Brownian Motion
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2020-06-12 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We discuss a novel approach for directional, light dark matter searches inspired by the high precision position measurements achieved in gravitational wave detectors. If dark matter interacts with ordinary matter, movable masses are subject to an effect similar to Brownian motion induced by the scattering with dark matter particles which exhibits certain characteristics and could be observed. We provide estimates for the sensitivity of a hypothetical experiment looking for that motion. Interestingly, if successful, our approach would allow to constrain the local distribution of dark matter momentum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1906.07356,
title = {Dark Matter Induced Brownian Motion},
author = {Ting Cheng and Reinard Primulando and Martin Spinrath},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.07356},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures; version published in EPJ C