Exploring light mediators with low-threshold direct detection experiments
Abstract
We explore the potential of future cryogenic direct detection experiments to determine the properties of the mediator that communicates the interactions between dark matter and nuclei. Due to their low thresholds and large exposures, experiments like CRESST-III, SuperCDMS SNOLAB and EDELWEISS-III will have excellent capability to reconstruct mediator masses in the MeV range for a large class of models. Combining the information from several experiments further improves the parameter reconstruction, even when taking into account additional nuisance parameters related to background uncertainties and the dark matter velocity distribution. These observations may offer the intriguing possibility of studying dark matter self-interactions with direct detection experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1707.08571,
title = {Exploring light mediators with low-threshold direct detection experiments},
author = {Felix Kahlhoefer and Suchita Kulkarni and Sebastian Wild},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.08571},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
19 pages, 10 figures + appendices. Matches published version