Akerib, DS, Alsum, S, Araujo, HM, Bai, X, Balajthy, J, Baxter, A, Bernard, EP, Bernstein, A, Biesiadzinski, TP, Boulton, EM et al (show 87 more authors)
(2021)
Effective field theory analysis of the first LUX dark matter search.
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 103 (12).
122005-.
Abstract
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter search was a 250-kg active mass dual-phase time projection chamber that operated by detecting light and ionization signals from particles incident on a xenon target. In December 2015, LUX reported a minimum 90% upper C.L. of 6×10-46 cm2 on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering cross section based on a 1.4×104 kg·day exposure in its first science run. Tension between experiments and the absence of a definitive positive detection suggest it would be prudent to search for WIMPs outside the standard spin-independent/spin-dependent paradigm. Recent theoretical work has identified a complete basis of 14 independent effective field theory (EFT) operators to describe WIMP-nucleon interactions. In addition to spin-independent and spin-dependent nuclear responses, these operators can produce novel responses such as angular-momentum-dependent and spin-orbit couplings. Here we report on a search for all 14 of these EFT couplings with data from LUX's first science run. Limits are placed on each coupling as a function of WIMP mass.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2021 17:00 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2024 22:05 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.122005 |
| Open Access URL: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.11141 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3145307 |
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