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A review of the discovery reach of directional Dark Matter detection
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Mayet, F., Green, A. M., Battat, J. B. R., Billard, J., Bozorgnia, N., Gelmini, G. B., Gondolo, P., Kavanagh, B. J., Lee, S. K., Loomba, D., Monroe, J., Morgan, B. (Ben), O’Hare, C. A. J., Peter, A. H. G., Phan, N. S. and Vahsen, S. E. (2016) A review of the discovery reach of directional Dark Matter detection. Physics Reports- Review section of Physics Letters, 627 . pp. 1-49. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2016.02.007 ISSN 0370-1573.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2016.02.007
Abstract
Cosmological observations indicate that most of the matter in the Universe is Dark Matter. Dark Matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) can be detected directly, via its elastic scattering off target nuclei. Most current direct detection experiments only measure the energy of the recoiling nuclei. However, directional detection experiments are sensitive to the direction of the nuclear recoil as well. Due to the Sun’s motion with respect to the Galactic rest frame, the directional recoil rate has a dipole feature, peaking around the direction of the Solar motion. This provides a powerful tool for demonstrating the Galactic origin of nuclear recoils and hence unambiguously detecting Dark Matter. Furthermore, the directional recoil distribution depends on the WIMP mass, scattering cross section and local velocity distribution. Therefore, with a large number of recoil events it will be possible to study the physics of Dark Matter in terms of particle and astrophysical properties. We review the potential of directional detectors for detecting and characterizing WIMPs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Dark matter (Astronomy), Solar system -- Motion in space | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physics Reports- Review section of Physics Letters | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0370-1573 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 20 April 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 627 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-49 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.physrep.2016.02.007 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 August 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 March 2018 | ||||||||
Funder: | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, European Research Council (ERC), United States. Department of Energy, Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), Leverhulme Trust (LT), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Templeton Foundation, United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate | ||||||||
Grant number: | DE-SC0007852, DE-SC0010504, DE-SC0009937 (Department of Energy), 278234 – ’NewDark’ Project (FP7), 48222 (Templeton Foundation), 2011-DN-077-ARI050-03 (Homeland Security) |
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