Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results
The DAMA collaboration have claimed to detect particle dark matter (DM) via an annual modulation in their observed recoil event rate. This appears to be in strong disagreement with the null results of other experiments if interpreted in terms of elastic DM scattering, while agreement for a small reg...
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| description | The DAMA collaboration have claimed to detect particle dark matter (DM) via an annual modulation in their observed recoil event rate. This appears to be in strong disagreement with the null results of other experiments if interpreted in terms of elastic DM scattering, while agreement for a small region of parameter space is possible for inelastic DM (iDM) due to the altered kinematics of the collision. To date most analyses assume a simple galactic halo DM velocity distribution, the Standard Halo Model, but direct experimental support for the SHM is severely lacking and theoretical studies indicate possible significant differences. We investigate the dependence of DAMA and the other direct detection experiments on the local DM velocity distribution, utilizing the results of the Via Lactea and Dark Disc numerical simulations. We also investigate effects of varying the solar circular velocity, the DM escape velocity, and the DAMA quenching factor within experimental limits. Our data set includes the latest ZEPLIN-III results, as well as full publicly available data sets. Due to the more sensitive dependence of the inelastic cross section on the velocity distribution, we find that with Via Lactea the DAMA results can be consistent with all other experiments over an enlarged region of iDM parameter space, with higher mass particles being preferred, while Dark Disc does not lead to an improvement. A definitive test of DAMA for iDM requires heavy element detectors. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8234c2fb-9ffb-4dd1-9185-36e55b47e9dd2022-03-26T21:35:43ZInelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA ResultsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8234c2fb-9ffb-4dd1-9185-36e55b47e9ddEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008March-Russell, JMcCabe, CMcCullough, MThe DAMA collaboration have claimed to detect particle dark matter (DM) via an annual modulation in their observed recoil event rate. This appears to be in strong disagreement with the null results of other experiments if interpreted in terms of elastic DM scattering, while agreement for a small region of parameter space is possible for inelastic DM (iDM) due to the altered kinematics of the collision. To date most analyses assume a simple galactic halo DM velocity distribution, the Standard Halo Model, but direct experimental support for the SHM is severely lacking and theoretical studies indicate possible significant differences. We investigate the dependence of DAMA and the other direct detection experiments on the local DM velocity distribution, utilizing the results of the Via Lactea and Dark Disc numerical simulations. We also investigate effects of varying the solar circular velocity, the DM escape velocity, and the DAMA quenching factor within experimental limits. Our data set includes the latest ZEPLIN-III results, as well as full publicly available data sets. Due to the more sensitive dependence of the inelastic cross section on the velocity distribution, we find that with Via Lactea the DAMA results can be consistent with all other experiments over an enlarged region of iDM parameter space, with higher mass particles being preferred, while Dark Disc does not lead to an improvement. A definitive test of DAMA for iDM requires heavy element detectors. |
| spellingShingle | March-Russell, J McCabe, C McCullough, M Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title | Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title_full | Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title_fullStr | Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title_short | Inelastic Dark Matter, Non-Standard Halos and the DAMA/LIBRA Results |
| title_sort | inelastic dark matter non standard halos and the dama libra results |
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