Extracting information about WIMP properties from direct detection experiments: astrophysical uncertainties
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2010-04-15 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
WIMP direct detection experiments probe the ultra-local dark matter density and velocity distribution. We review how uncertainties in these quantities affect the accuracy with which the WIMP mass and cross-section can be constrained or determined.
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@article{arxiv.1004.2383,
title = {Extracting information about WIMP properties from direct detection experiments: astrophysical uncertainties},
author = {Anne M. Green},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.2383},
year = {2010}
}
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6 pages, proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond EW 2010