TY - JOUR
T1 - Using the energy spectrum measured by DAMA/LIBRA to probe light dark matter
AU - Chang, Spencer
AU - Pierce, Aaron
AU - Weiner, Neal
PY - 2009/6/15
Y1 - 2009/6/15
N2 - A weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) weighing only a few GeV has been invoked as an explanation for the signal from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. We show that the data from DAMA/LIBRA are now powerful enough to strongly constrain the properties of any putative WIMP. Accounting for the detailed recoil spectrum, a light WIMP with a Maxwellian velocity distribution and a spin-independent interaction cannot account for the data. Even neglecting the spectrum, significant parameter space is excluded by a limit that can be derived from the DAMA unmodulated signal at low energies. Appreciable modification to the astrophysics or particle physics can open light mass windows.
AB - A weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) weighing only a few GeV has been invoked as an explanation for the signal from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. We show that the data from DAMA/LIBRA are now powerful enough to strongly constrain the properties of any putative WIMP. Accounting for the detailed recoil spectrum, a light WIMP with a Maxwellian velocity distribution and a spin-independent interaction cannot account for the data. Even neglecting the spectrum, significant parameter space is excluded by a limit that can be derived from the DAMA unmodulated signal at low energies. Appreciable modification to the astrophysics or particle physics can open light mass windows.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.115011
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.115011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67649871090
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 79
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 11
M1 - 115011
ER -