4.6 Article

Halo independent comparison of direct dark matter detection data

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/015

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dark matter theory; dark matter experiments

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  1. NSF [PHY-1068111, 1066293]
  2. DOE [DE-FG03-91ER40662]
  3. Aspen Center for Physics
  4. Division Of Physics
  5. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1068111] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We extend the halo-independent method of Fox, Liu, and Weiner to include energy resolution and efficiency with arbitrary energy dependence, making it more suitable for experiments to use in presenting their results. Then we compare measurements and upper limits on the direct detection of low mass (similar to 10 GeV) weakly interacting massive particles with spin-independent interactions, including the upper limit on the annual modulation amplitude from the CDMS collaboration. We find that isospin-symmetric couplings are severely constrained both by XENON100 and CDMS bounds, and that isospin-violating couplings are still possible at the lowest energies, while the tension of the higher energy CoGeNT bins with the CDMS modulation constraint remains. We find the CRESST-II signal is not compatible with the modulation signals of DAMA and CoGeNT.

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