期刊
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
卷 -, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/016
关键词
dark matter detectors; dark matter experiments
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [149445, 149256]
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) at the University of Bern
- University of Zurich
- INFN
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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