Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: Models and Constraints

Rouven Essig

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31593-1_7

Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: Models and Constraints

Rouven Essig

Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Abstract

I will make some general comments about the search for dark matter and other new particles, contrasting current research trends with those 10 years ago. I will then focus on recent ideas for direct detection experiments to search for dark matter with masses in the MeV-to-GeV range. I will then discuss briefly three topics: (i) the solar neutrino background (or “how low in cross section (interaction strength) can future direct-detection experiments probe before solar neutrinos become an irreducible background”), (ii) novel constraints on low-mass dark matter from Supernova 1987A, and (iii) strongly interacting dark matter (or “how large in cross section can direct-detection experiments probe before terrestrial effects stop sub-GeV dark matter from reaching the detector”).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Illuminating Dark Matter - Proceedings of a Simons Symposium, 2018
Editors	Rouven Essig, Jonathan Feng, Kathryn Zurek
Publisher	Springer
Pages	59-67
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783030315924
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31593-1_7
State	Published - 2019
Event	Simons Symposium on Illuminating Dark Matter, 2018 - Krün, Germany Duration: May 13 2018 → May 19 2018

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Name	Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Volume	56
ISSN (Print)	1570-6591
ISSN (Electronic)	1570-6605

Conference

Conference	Simons Symposium on Illuminating Dark Matter, 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Krün
Period	05/13/18 → 05/19/18

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Essig, R 2019, Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: Models and Constraints. in R Essig, J Feng & K Zurek (eds), Illuminating Dark Matter - Proceedings of a Simons Symposium, 2018. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol. 56, Springer, pp. 59-67, Simons Symposium on Illuminating Dark Matter, 2018, Krün, Germany, 05/13/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31593-1_7

Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: Models and Constraints. / Essig, Rouven.
Illuminating Dark Matter - Proceedings of a Simons Symposium, 2018. ed. / Rouven Essig; Jonathan Feng; Kathryn Zurek. Springer, 2019. p. 59-67 (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings; Vol. 56).

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