DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods
Abstract We introduce DarkBit, an advanced software code for computing dark matter constraints on various extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics, comprising both new native code and interfaces to external packages. This release includes a dedicated signal yield calculator for gamma-ray...
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| author | The GAMBIT Dark Matter Workgroup: Torsten Bringmann Jan Conrad Jonathan M. Cornell Lars A. Dal Joakim Edsjö Ben Farmer Felix Kahlhoefer Anders Kvellestad Antje Putze Christopher Savage Pat Scott Christoph Weniger Martin White Sebastian Wild |
| author_facet | The GAMBIT Dark Matter Workgroup: Torsten Bringmann Jan Conrad Jonathan M. Cornell Lars A. Dal Joakim Edsjö Ben Farmer Felix Kahlhoefer Anders Kvellestad Antje Putze Christopher Savage Pat Scott Christoph Weniger Martin White Sebastian Wild |
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| description | Abstract We introduce DarkBit, an advanced software code for computing dark matter constraints on various extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics, comprising both new native code and interfaces to external packages. This release includes a dedicated signal yield calculator for gamma-ray observations, which significantly extends current tools by implementing a cascade-decay Monte Carlo, as well as a dedicated likelihood calculator for current and future experiments (gamLike). This provides a general solution for studying complex particle physics models that predict dark matter annihilation to a multitude of final states. We also supply a direct detection package that models a large range of direct detection experiments (DDCalc), and that provides the corresponding likelihoods for arbitrary combinations of spin-independent and spin-dependent scattering processes. Finally, we provide custom relic density routines along with interfaces to DarkSUSY, micrOMEGAs, and the neutrino telescope likelihood package nulike. DarkBit is written in the framework of the Global And Modular Beyond the Standard Model Inference Tool (GAMBIT), providing seamless integration into a comprehensive statistical fitting framework that allows users to explore new models with both particle and astrophysics constraints, and a consistent treatment of systematic uncertainties. In this paper we describe its main functionality, provide a guide to getting started quickly, and show illustrative examples for results obtained with DarkBit (both as a stand-alone tool and as a GAMBIT module). This includes a quantitative comparison between two of the main dark matter codes (DarkSUSY and micrOMEGAs), and application of DarkBit ’s advanced direct and indirect detection routines to a simple effective dark matter model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b831e308f2e042a2868e3ad00f39b5db2022-12-22T00:17:23ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60441434-60522017-12-01771215710.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5155-4DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoodsThe GAMBIT Dark Matter Workgroup:Torsten Bringmann0Jan Conrad1Jonathan M. Cornell2Lars A. Dal3Joakim Edsjö4Ben Farmer5Felix Kahlhoefer6Anders Kvellestad7Antje Putze8Christopher Savage9Pat Scott10Christoph Weniger11Martin White12Sebastian Wild13Department of Physics, University of OsloOskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University CentreDepartment of Physics, McGill UniversityDepartment of Physics, University of OsloOskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University CentreOskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University CentreDESYNORDITALAPTh, Université de Savoie, CNRSNORDITADepartment of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College LondonGRAPPA, Institute of Physics, University of AmsterdamDepartment of Physics, University of AdelaideDESYAbstract We introduce DarkBit, an advanced software code for computing dark matter constraints on various extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics, comprising both new native code and interfaces to external packages. This release includes a dedicated signal yield calculator for gamma-ray observations, which significantly extends current tools by implementing a cascade-decay Monte Carlo, as well as a dedicated likelihood calculator for current and future experiments (gamLike). This provides a general solution for studying complex particle physics models that predict dark matter annihilation to a multitude of final states. We also supply a direct detection package that models a large range of direct detection experiments (DDCalc), and that provides the corresponding likelihoods for arbitrary combinations of spin-independent and spin-dependent scattering processes. Finally, we provide custom relic density routines along with interfaces to DarkSUSY, micrOMEGAs, and the neutrino telescope likelihood package nulike. DarkBit is written in the framework of the Global And Modular Beyond the Standard Model Inference Tool (GAMBIT), providing seamless integration into a comprehensive statistical fitting framework that allows users to explore new models with both particle and astrophysics constraints, and a consistent treatment of systematic uncertainties. In this paper we describe its main functionality, provide a guide to getting started quickly, and show illustrative examples for results obtained with DarkBit (both as a stand-alone tool and as a GAMBIT module). This includes a quantitative comparison between two of the main dark matter codes (DarkSUSY and micrOMEGAs), and application of DarkBit ’s advanced direct and indirect detection routines to a simple effective dark matter model.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5155-4 |
| spellingShingle | The GAMBIT Dark Matter Workgroup: Torsten Bringmann Jan Conrad Jonathan M. Cornell Lars A. Dal Joakim Edsjö Ben Farmer Felix Kahlhoefer Anders Kvellestad Antje Putze Christopher Savage Pat Scott Christoph Weniger Martin White Sebastian Wild DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields |
| title | DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| title_full | DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| title_fullStr | DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| title_short | DarkBit: a GAMBIT module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| title_sort | darkbit a gambit module for computing dark matter observables and likelihoods |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5155-4 |
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