Jonathan H. Davis
New method for analyzing dark matter direct detection data
Davis, Jonathan H.; Enßlin, Torsten; Boehm, Céline
Authors
Torsten Enßlin
Céline Boehm
Abstract
The experimental situation of dark matter direct detection has reached an exciting crossroads, with potential hints of a discovery of dark matter (DM) from the CDMS, CoGeNT, CRESST-II and DAMA experiments in tension with null results from xenon-based experiments such as XENON100 and LUX. Given the present controversial experimental status, it is important that the analytical method used to search for DM in direct detection experiments is both robust and flexible enough to deal with data for which the distinction between signal and background points is difficult, and hence where the choice between setting a limit or defining a discovery region is debatable. In this article we propose a novel (Bayesian) analytical method, which can be applied to all direct detection experiments and which extracts the maximum amount of information from the data. We apply our method to the XENON100 experiment data as a worked example, and show that firstly our exclusion limit at 90% confidence is in agreement with their own for the 225 live days data, but is several times stronger for the 100 live days data. Secondly we find that, due to the two points at low values of S1 and S2 in the 225 days data set, our analysis points to either weak consistency with low-mass dark matter or the possible presence of an unknown background. Given the null result from LUX, the latter scenario seems the more plausible.
Citation
Davis, J. H., Enßlin, T., & Boehm, C. (2014). New method for analyzing dark matter direct detection data. Physical Review D, 89(4), Article 043505. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.043505
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Feb 11, 2014 |
Publication Date | Feb 11, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Feb 3, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 23, 2016 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Print ISSN | 2470-0010 |
Electronic ISSN | 2470-0029 |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 89 |
Issue | 4 |
Article Number | 043505 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.043505 |
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