6533b85afe1ef96bd12b8e2b

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Effective field theory search for high-energy nuclear recoils using the XENON100 dark matter detector

Sara DiglioF. V. MassoliQing LinJ. CalvénCh. WeinheimerMarc SchumannP. PakarhaW. FulgioneJ. YeA. ManfrediniM. MurraBen FarmerLuke GoetzkeM. V. SiversM. V. SiversJean-pierre CussonneauF. LombardiM.-c. PiroL. BuetikoferL. BuetikoferJ.m.f. Dos SantosD. MassonBart PelssersC. GeisC. HasterokC. ReuterM. MessinaF. AgostiniM. L. BenabderrahmaneA. RizzoP. Di GangiP. De PerioB. KaminskyB. KaminskyEthan BrownJulien MasbouTeresa Marrodán UndagoitiaSebastian LindemannSebastian LindemannH. SimgenL. Scotto LavinaYanxi ZhangYuehuan WeiK. MoråZhou WangC. TunnellC. TunnellA. Di GiovanniA. D. FerellaM. SelviG. EurinKaixuan NiHongwei WangGiacomo BrunoGabriella SartorelliUwe OberlackJ. A. M. LopesA. KishL. LevinsonJ. PienaarM. GarbiniIoana Codrina MarisV. PizzellaC. GrignonApril S. BrownK. MicheneauR. ItayG. KesslerM. AlfonsiS. BruennerJ. WulfLaura BaudisJ. NaganomaJelle AalbersZ. GreeneJ. SchreinerR BudnikM. P. DecowskiM. VargasAuke-pieter ColijnP. A. BreurManfred LindnerF. D. AmaroGuillaume PlanteA. SteinM. CervantesR. PersianiD. CichonP. BarrowD. LellouchA. FieguthD. CoderreD. CoderreBoris BauermeisterManuel Gameiro Da SilvaF. ArneodoA. TiseniJ. FeiA. MolinarioM. ScheibelhutJoão CardosoElena AprileF. GaoGian Carlo TrincheroS. SchindlerN. RuppS. ReichardF. PiastraT. BergerS. RosendahlN. PrielShingo KazamaJan ConradM. AnthonyR. F. LangE. HogenbirkP. ShaginD. MayaniDominique ThersL. RauchH. LandsmanA. Gallo RossoA. Di Galloway

subject

WIMP nucleon: scatteringParticle physicsdata analysis methodCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Physics::Instrumentation and DetectorsWIMP[ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]Dark matterchemistry.chemical_elementFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics01 natural sciencesNuclear physicsXENONXenonWIMPstatistical analysis0103 physical sciencesEffective field theoryDark Matter010306 general physicsS030UDMnucleus: recoilPhysicsCoupling constanteffective field theory: nonrelativistic010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicsdark matter: detectorchemistryWeakly interacting massive particlesDirect SearchHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentTPC[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]recoil: energyAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

description

International audience; We report on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search results in the XENON100 detector using a nonrelativistic effective field theory approach. The data from science run II (34  kg×224.6 live days) were reanalyzed, with an increased recoil energy interval compared to previous analyses, ranging from (6.6–240)  keVnr. The data are found to be compatible with the background-only hypothesis. We present 90% confidence level exclusion limits on the coupling constants of WIMP-nucleon effective operators using a binned profile likelihood method. We also consider the case of inelastic WIMP scattering, where incident WIMPs may up-scatter to a higher mass state, and set exclusion limits on this model as well.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-05-07
10.1103/physrevd.96.042004https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01645375