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Improved Constraints on Inelastic Dark Matter

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Kai Schmidt-Hoberg, Martin Wolfgang Winkler

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Submitted 23 Jul 2009

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The authors' main claim We find that inelastic dark matter with mass m > 15 GeV is excluded at the 95% confidence level by the combination of DAMA spectral information and results from other direct detection experiments.

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CitationKai Schmidt-Hoberg, Martin Wolfgang Winkler. "Improved Constraints on Inelastic Dark Matter." arXiv:0907.3940 (2009). https://pith.science/paper/7PBCGL62
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We perform an extensive study of the DAMA annual modulation data in the context of inelastic dark matter. We find that inelastic dark matter with mass m > 15 GeV is excluded at the 95% confidence level by the combination of DAMA spectral information and results from other direct detection experiments. However, at smaller m, inelastic dark matter constitutes a possible solution to the DAMA puzzle.

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s0 We perform an extensive study of the DAMA annual modulation data in the context of inelastic dark matter. contribution 0.97 0.95 0.04 asserted 0.93
s1 We find that inelastic dark matter with mass m > 15 GeV is excluded at the 95% confidence level by the combination of DAMA spectral information and results from other direct detection experiments. result 1.00 0.94 0.75 asserted 1.00
s2 However, at smaller m, inelastic dark matter constitutes a possible solution to the DAMA puzzle. result 0.68 0.73 0.16 hedged possibility 0.97

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We perform an extensive study of the DAMA annual modulation data in the context of inelastic dark matter. We find that inelastic dark matter with mass m > 15 GeV is excluded at the 95% confidence level by the combination of DAMA spectral information and results from other direct detection experiments. However, at smaller m, inelastic dark matter constitutes a possible solution to the DAMA puzzle.

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  • In this paper, a scan over the parameter space for iDM is performed, where we marginalize over the dark matter parameters $(m, δ, σ)$ and halo velocity parameters $(v_0, v_esc, v⃗_stream)$, and set constraints by a global $χ^2$ analysis [ref] .[In some circumstances, maximum gap techniques provide tighter limits than Poisson statistics for null experiments [ref] .

    The Poker Face of Inelastic Dark Matter: Prospects at Upcoming Direct Detection Experiments · Introduction · 0.93

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  • The idea that Dark Matter (DM) particles can only interact with Standard Model (SM) particles through an inelastic transition from a lighter to a heavier (excited) state was first proposed as a possible interpretation of the DAMA annual modulation signal [ref] consistent with null results from other direct detection experiments [ref] .

    Not-so-inelastic Dark Matter · Introduction · 0.96

  • Comparisons between exclusion limits on the cross section versus mass (splitting) ($σ- (δ)$) planes in the iDM scenarios by using various experimental data have been done [ref] .

    Model-Independent Identification of Inelastic WIMPs from Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments · Introduction · 0.87

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