Future dark matter direct detection experiments will reach unprecedented levels of sensitivity. Achieving this sensitivity will require more precise models of signal and background rates in future detectors. Improving the precision of signal and background modeling goes hand-in-hand with novel calibration techniques that can probe rare processes and lower threshold detector response. The goal of this white paper is to outline community needs to meet the background and calibration requirements of next-generation dark matter direct detection experiments.
@article{arxiv.2203.07623,
title = {Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: Calibrations and backgrounds for dark matter direct detection},
author = {Daniel Baxter and Raymond Bunker and Sally Shaw and Shawn Westerdale and Isaac Arnquist and Daniel S. Akerib and Rob Calkins and Susana Cebrián and James B. Dent and Maria Laura di Vacri and Jim Dobson and Daniel Egana-Ugrinovic and Andrew Erlandson and Chamkaur Ghag and Carter Hall and Jeter Hall and Scott Haselschwardt and Eric Hoppe and Chris M. Jackson and Yonatan Kahn and Alvine Kamaha and Mike Kelsey and Alexander Kish and Noah Kurinsky and Matthias Laubenstein and Eric H. Miller and Eric Morrison and Brianna Mount and Jayden L. Newstead and Stefano Nisi and Ibles Olcina and John Orrell and Sergey Pereverzev and Emily Perry and Andreas Piepke and Sagar Sharma Poudel and Karthik Ramanathan and Juergen Reichenbacher and Tarek Saab and Richard Saldanha and Claudio Savarese and Richard Schnee and Silvia Scorza and Rajeev Singh and Kelly Stifter and Burkhant Suerfu and Matthew Szydagis and Dylan J. Temples and Anthony Villano and David Woodward and Jingke Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07623},
year = {2022}
}
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Solicited community whitepaper for the Snowmass2021 process (Cosmic frontier, particle dark matter working group)