Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter
GeV-scale dark matter particles with strong coupling to baryons evade the standard direct detection limits as they are efficiently stopped in the overburden and, consequently, are not able to reach the underground detectors. On the other hand, it has been shown that it is possible to probe this para...
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| description | GeV-scale dark matter particles with strong coupling to baryons evade the standard direct detection limits as they are efficiently stopped in the overburden and, consequently, are not able to reach the underground detectors. On the other hand, it has been shown that it is possible to probe this parameter space taking into account the flux of dark matter particles boosted by interactions with cosmic rays. We revisit these bounds paying particular attention to interactions of the relativistic dark matter particles in the Earth's crust. The effects of nuclear form factors, inelastic scattering and extra dependence of the cross section on transferred momentum (e.g. due to presence of light mediators) are studied and are found to be crucial for answering the question as to whether the window for GeV-scale strongly interacting dark matter is closed or not. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fbe22b8319745cb8e95d1063e705d302023-07-05T10:04:36ZengSciPostSciPost Physics Proceedings2666-40032023-07-011205510.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.055Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matterHelena KolesovaGeV-scale dark matter particles with strong coupling to baryons evade the standard direct detection limits as they are efficiently stopped in the overburden and, consequently, are not able to reach the underground detectors. On the other hand, it has been shown that it is possible to probe this parameter space taking into account the flux of dark matter particles boosted by interactions with cosmic rays. We revisit these bounds paying particular attention to interactions of the relativistic dark matter particles in the Earth's crust. The effects of nuclear form factors, inelastic scattering and extra dependence of the cross section on transferred momentum (e.g. due to presence of light mediators) are studied and are found to be crucial for answering the question as to whether the window for GeV-scale strongly interacting dark matter is closed or not.https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysProc.12.055 |
| spellingShingle | Helena Kolesova Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| title | Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter |
| title_full | Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter |
| title_fullStr | Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter |
| title_short | Attenuation of cosmic-ray up-scattered dark matter |
| title_sort | attenuation of cosmic ray up scattered dark matter |
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