Non-relativistic effective theory of dark matter direct detection

被引：259
作者：
Fan, Jiji [1 ]
Reece, Matthew [2 ]
Wang, Lian-Tao [1 ]
机构：
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton Ctr Theoret Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2010年 / 11期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
dark matter theory; dark matter experiments; SPIN STRUCTURE; FORM-FACTORS; SCATTERING; SEARCH; PROTON;
D O I：
10.1088/1475-7516/2010/11/042
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Dark matter direct detection searches for signals coming from dark matter scattering against nuclei at a very low recoil energy scale similar to 10 keV. In this paper, a simple non-relativistic effective theory is constructed to describe interactions between dark matter and nuclei without referring to any underlying high energy models. It contains the minimal set of operators that will be tested by direct detection. The effective theory approach highlights the set of distinguishable recoil spectra that could arise from different theoretical models. If dark matter is discovered in the near future in direct detection experiments, a measurement of the shape of the recoil spectrum will provide valuable information on the underlying dynamics. We bound the coefficients of the operators in our non-relativistic effective theory by the null results of current dark matter direct detection experiments. We also discuss the mapping between the non-relativistic effective theory and field theory models or operators, including aspects of the matching of quark and gluon operators to nuclear form factors.
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