Inelastic Dark Matter and the SABRE experiment

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Published 4 December 2020 © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab
, , Citation Madeleine J. Zurowski et al JCAP12(2020)014 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/12/014

1475-7516/2020/12/014

Abstract

We present here the sensitivity of the SABRE (Sodium iodide with Active Background REjection) experiment to benchmark proton-philic, spin dependent, Inelastic Dark Matter models previously proposed due to their lowered tension with existing experimental results. We perform fits to cross section, mass, and mass splitting values to find the best fit to DAMA/LIBRA data for these models. In this analysis, we consider the Standard Halo Model (SHM), as well as an interesting extension upon it, the SHM+Stream distribution, to investigate the influence of the Dark Matter velocity distribution upon experimental sensitivity and whether or not its consideration may be able to help relieve the present experimental tension. Based on our analysis, SABRE should be sensitive to all the three benchmark models within 3–5 years of data taking.

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10.1088/1475-7516/2020/12/014