PIRSA:10010077

Resonant Dark Matter

Fox, P. (2010). Resonant Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/10010077

Fox, Patrick. Resonant Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute, Jan. 15, 2010, https://pirsa.org/10010077 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10010077,
            doi = {10.48660/10010077},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10010077},
            author = {Fox, Patrick},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Resonant Dark Matter},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:10010077 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Patrick Fox Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

Talk numberPIRSA:10010077
DOI10.48660/10010077
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

It is usually assumed that dark matter direct detection is sensitive to a large fraction of the dark matter (DM) velocity distribution. I will explain an alternative form of dark matter-nucleus scattering which only probes a narrow range of DM velocities due to the existence of a resonance, a DM-nucleus bound state, in the scattering - resonant dark matter (rDM). The scattering cross section becomes highly element dependent, has increased modulation and as a result can explain the DAMA/LIBRA results whilst not being in conflict with other direct detection experiments. I will describe a simple model that realizes the dynamics of rDM, where the DM is the neutral component of a fermionic weak triplet whose charged partners differ in mass by approximately 10 MeV.