Non-relativistic effective interactions of spin 1 Dark Matter
Abstract We investigate the non-relativistic reduction of simplified models for spin 1 dark matter (DM) with the aim of identifying features in the phenomenology of DM-quark interactions which are specific to vector DM. In the case of DM-quark interactions mediated by a spin 1 particle, we find two...
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doaj-c8b9f9ca63c448efaef53622ad1b61cd2020-11-25T04:00:31ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792019-08-012019812410.1007/JHEP08(2019)030Non-relativistic effective interactions of spin 1 Dark MatterRiccardo Catena0Kåre Fridell1Martin B. Krauss2Chalmers University of Technology, Department of PhysicsChalmers University of Technology, Department of PhysicsChalmers University of Technology, Department of PhysicsAbstract We investigate the non-relativistic reduction of simplified models for spin 1 dark matter (DM) with the aim of identifying features in the phenomenology of DM-quark interactions which are specific to vector DM. In the case of DM-quark interactions mediated by a spin 1 particle, we find two DM-nucleon interaction operators arising from the non-relativistic reduction of simplified models for spin 1 DM that are specific to spin 1 DM, and which were not considered in previous studies. They are quadratic in the momentum transfer, linear in a symmetric combination of polarisation vectors for the DM particle, and arise from simplified models which do not generate momentum transfer independent operators as leading interactions in the non-relativistic expansion of DM-nucleon scattering amplitudes. Within these simplified models, the new operators cannot be neglected when computing DM signals at direct detection experiments. For example, we find that nuclear recoil energy spectra computed by including or neglecting the new operators can differ by up to one order of magnitude for nuclear recoil energies larger than about 20 keV and DM masses below 50 GeV. Furthermore, the shape of the expected nuclear recoil spectra depends significantly on whether the new operators are taken into account or not. Finally, neglecting the contribution to DM direct detection signals from the new operators leads to inaccurate conclusions when assessing the compatibility of a future direct detection signal with CMB constraints on the DM relic density, especially when the number of signal events is small, e.g. O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (1).http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)030Beyond Standard ModelCosmology of Theories beyond the SMEffective Field Theories |
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Non-relativistic effective interactions of spin 1 Dark Matter |
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Non-relativistic effective interactions of spin 1 Dark Matter |
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Abstract We investigate the non-relativistic reduction of simplified models for spin 1 dark matter (DM) with the aim of identifying features in the phenomenology of DM-quark interactions which are specific to vector DM. In the case of DM-quark interactions mediated by a spin 1 particle, we find two DM-nucleon interaction operators arising from the non-relativistic reduction of simplified models for spin 1 DM that are specific to spin 1 DM, and which were not considered in previous studies. They are quadratic in the momentum transfer, linear in a symmetric combination of polarisation vectors for the DM particle, and arise from simplified models which do not generate momentum transfer independent operators as leading interactions in the non-relativistic expansion of DM-nucleon scattering amplitudes. Within these simplified models, the new operators cannot be neglected when computing DM signals at direct detection experiments. For example, we find that nuclear recoil energy spectra computed by including or neglecting the new operators can differ by up to one order of magnitude for nuclear recoil energies larger than about 20 keV and DM masses below 50 GeV. Furthermore, the shape of the expected nuclear recoil spectra depends significantly on whether the new operators are taken into account or not. Finally, neglecting the contribution to DM direct detection signals from the new operators leads to inaccurate conclusions when assessing the compatibility of a future direct detection signal with CMB constraints on the DM relic density, especially when the number of signal events is small, e.g. O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (1). |
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Beyond Standard Model Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM Effective Field Theories |
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