Crystal responses to general dark matter-electron interactions

We develop a formalism to describe the scattering of dark matter (DM) particles by electrons bound in crystals for a general form of the underlying DM-electron interaction. Such a description is relevant for direct-detection experiments of DM particles lighter than a nucleon, which might be observed...

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Main Authors: Riccardo Catena, Timon Emken, Marek Matas, Nicola A. Spaldin, Einar Urdshals
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033149