Journal
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/016
Keywords
dark matter detectors; dark matter experiments
Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [149445, 149256]
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) at the University of Bern
- University of Zurich
- INFN
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We study the sensitivity of multi ton-scale time projection chambers using a liquid xenon target, e.g., the proposed DARWIN instrument, to spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon scattering interactions. Taking into account realistic backgrounds from the detector itself as well as from neutrinos, we examine the impact of exposure, energy threshold, background rejection efficiency and energy resolution on the dark matter sensitivity. With an exposure of 200 t x y and assuming detector parameters which have been already demonstrated experimentally, spin-independent cross sections as low as 2.5 x 10(-49) cm(2) can be probed for WIMP masses around 40 GeV/c(2). Additional improvements in terms of background rejection and exposure will further increase the sensitivity, while the ultimate WIMP science reach will be limited by neutrinos scattering coherently off the xenon nuclei.
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