Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Schneck, K.; Cabrera, B.; Cerdeno, D.G.; Mandic, V.; Rogers, H.E.; Agnese, R.; Anderson, A.J.; Asai, M.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Barker, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D.A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P.L.; Bunker, R.; Caldwell, D.O.; Calkins, R.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C.H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Di Stefano, P.C.F.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Godfrey, G.L.; Golwala, S.R.; Hall, J.; Harris, H.R.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M.E.; Jardin, D.M.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M.H.; Kennedy, A.; Leder, A.; Loer, B.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; Mahapatra, R.; McCarthy, K.A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R.A.; Morales Mendoza, J.D.; Oser, S.M.; Page, K.; Page, W.A.; Partridge, R.; Pepin, M.; Phipps, A.; Prasad, K.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, H.; Rau, W.; Redl, P.; Reisetter, A.; Ricci, Y.; Roberts, A.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schnee, R.W.; Scorza, S.; Serfass, B.; Shank, B.; Speller, D.; Toback, D.; Upadhyayula, S.; Villano, A.N.; Welliver, B.; Wilson, J.S.; Wright, D.H.; Yang, X.; Yellin, S.; Yen, J.J.; Young, B.A.; Zhang, J.; Collaboration), (SuperCDMS

doi:10.1103/physrevd.91.092004

Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Schneck, K.; Cabrera, B.; Cerdeno, D.G.; Mandic, V.; Rogers, H.E.; Agnese, R.; Anderson, A.J.; Asai, M.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Barker, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D.A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P.L.; Bunker, R.; Caldwell, D.O.; Calkins, R.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C.H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Di Stefano, P.C.F.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Godfrey, G.L.; Golwala, S.R.; Hall, J.; Harris, H.R.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M.E.; Jardin, D.M.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M.H.; Kennedy, A.; Leder, A.; Loer, B.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; Mahapatra, R.; McCarthy, K.A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R.A.; Morales Mendoza, J.D.; Oser, S.M.; Page, K.; Page, W.A.; Partridge, R.; Pepin, M.; Phipps, A.; Prasad, K.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, H.; Rau, W.; Redl, P.; Reisetter, A.; Ricci, Y.; Roberts, A.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schnee, R.W.; Scorza, S.; Serfass, B.; Shank, B.; Speller,...

Authors

K. Schneck

B. Cabrera

D.G. Cerdeno

V. Mandic

H.E. Rogers

R. Agnese

A.J. Anderson

M. Asai

D. Balakishiyeva

D. Barker

R. Basu Thakur

D.A. Bauer

J. Billard

A. Borgland

D. Brandt

P.L. Brink

R. Bunker

D.O. Caldwell

R. Calkins

H. Chagani

Y. Chen

J. Cooley

B. Cornell

C.H. Crewdson

P. Cushman

M. Daal

P.C.F. Di Stefano

T. Doughty

L. Esteban

S. Fallows

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

G.L. Godfrey

S.R. Golwala

J. Hall

H.R. Harris

T. Hofer

D. Holmgren

L. Hsu

M.E. Huber

D.M. Jardin

A. Jastram

O. Kamaev

B. Kara

M.H. Kelsey

A. Kennedy

A. Leder

B. Loer

E. Lopez Asamar

P. Lukens

R. Mahapatra

K.A. McCarthy

N. Mirabolfathi

R.A. Moffatt

J.D. Morales Mendoza

S.M. Oser

K. Page

W.A. Page

R. Partridge

M. Pepin

A. Phipps

K. Prasad

M. Pyle

H. Qiu

W. Rau

P. Redl

A. Reisetter

Y. Ricci

A. Roberts

T. Saab

B. Sadoulet

J. Sander

R.W. Schnee

S. Scorza

B. Serfass

B. Shank

D. Speller

D. Toback

S. Upadhyayula

A.N. Villano

B. Welliver

J.S. Wilson

D.H. Wright

X. Yang

S. Yellin

J.J. Yen

B.A. Young

J. Zhang

(SuperCDMS Collaboration)

Abstract

We examine the consequences of the effective field theory (EFT) of dark matter–nucleon scattering for current and proposed direct detection experiments. Exclusion limits on EFT coupling constants computed using the optimum interval method are presented for SuperCDMS Soudan, CDMS II, and LUX, and the necessity of combining results from multiple experiments in order to determine dark matter parameters is discussed. We demonstrate that spectral differences between the standard dark matter model and a general EFT interaction can produce a bias when calculating exclusion limits and when developing signal models for likelihood and machine learning techniques. We also discuss the implications of the EFT for the next-generation (G2) direct detection experiments and point out regions of complementarity in the EFT parameter space.

Citation

Schneck, K., Cabrera, B., Cerdeno, D., Mandic, V., Rogers, H., Agnese, R., …Collaboration), (. (2015). Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments. Physical Review D, 91(9), Article 092004. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.91.092004

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 12, 2015
Online Publication Date	May 18, 2015
Publication Date	May 18, 2015
Deposit Date	Oct 21, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Oct 28, 2015
Journal	Physical Review D
Print ISSN	1550-7998
Electronic ISSN	1550-2368
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	91
Issue	9
Article Number	092004
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.91.092004

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