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Dark Matter-induced electron excitations in silicon and germanium with Deep Learning

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-03-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We train a deep neural network (DNN) to output rates of dark matter (DM) induced electron excitations in silicon and germanium detectors. Our DNN provides a massive speedup of around 55 orders of magnitude relative to existing methods (i.e. QEdark-EFT), allowing for extensive parameter scans in the event of an observed DM signal. The network is also lighter and simpler to use than alternative computational frameworks based on a direct calculation of the DM-induced excitation rate. The DNN can be downloaded \href\href{https://github.com/urdshals/DEDD}{\text{here}}.

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@article{arxiv.2403.07053,
  title  = {Dark Matter-induced electron excitations in silicon and germanium with Deep Learning},
  author = {Riccardo Catena and Einar Urdshals},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.07053},
  year   = {2024}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures