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arxiv: 1208.1094 · v2 · submitted 2012-08-06 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · hep-ph· nucl-ex· nucl-th

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Spin-dependent WIMP scattering off nuclei

J. Menendez , D. Gazit , A. Schwenk
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classification 🌌 astro-ph.CO hep-phnucl-exnucl-th
keywords nucleiwimpcurrentsnuclearscatteringspin-dependentchiralstructure
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Chiral effective field theory (EFT) provides a systematic expansion for the coupling of WIMPs to nucleons at the momentum transfers relevant to direct cold dark matter detection. We derive the currents for spin-dependent WIMP scattering off nuclei at the one-body level and include the leading long-range two-body currents, which are predicted in chiral EFT. As an application, we calculate the structure factor for spin-dependent WIMP scattering off 129,131Xe nuclei, using nuclear interactions that have been developed to study nuclear structure and double-beta decays in this region. We provide theoretical error bands due to the nuclear uncertainties of WIMP currents in nuclei.

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