Direct detection of dark matter polarizability
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-08-07 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We point out that the direct detection of dark matter via its electro-magnetic polarizability is described by two new nuclear form factors, which are controlled by the 2-nucleon nuclear density. The signature manifests a peculiar dependence on the atomic and mass numbers of the target nuclei, as well as on the momentum transfer, and can differ significantly from experiment to experiment. We also discuss UV completions of our scenario.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1410.0601,
title = {Direct detection of dark matter polarizability},
author = {Grigory Ovanesyan and Luca Vecchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.0601},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
18 pages in JHEP style, 3 figures, and an appendix; published version