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Shell-model study on event rates of lightest supersymmetric particles scattering off 83Kr and 125Te

Pekka PirinenP. C. SrivastavaJouni SuhonenMarkus Kortelainen

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supersymmetric particlesHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyNuclear Theoryshell-model studiesnuclear-physicsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear Experiment

description

We investigate the elastic and inelastic scattering of lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) dark matter off two possible target nuclei, 83Kr and 125Te. For the nuclear-structure calculations, we employ the nuclear shell model using recently generated realistic interactions. We have condensed the nuclear-physics contribution to a set of nuclear-structure factors that are independent of the adopted supersymmetric (SUSY) model. Total event rates are then easily calculated by combining the nuclear-structure factors with SUSY parameters of choice. In particular, 125Te shows promise as a detector material with both the elastic and inelastic channels yielding an appreciable nuclear response. peerReviewed

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-01
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201605312786