Speaker
Mr
Felix Kahlhoefer
(University of Oxford)
Description
The CDMS-II collaboration has reported 3 events in a Si detector, which are consistent with being nuclear recoils due to scattering of Galactic dark matter particles with a mass of about 8.6 GeV and a cross-section on neutrons of about 2 x 10^-41 cm^2. In my presentation I will discuss the tension between this result and upper bounds from the XENON10 and XENON100 experiments and under what conditions this tension can be ameliorated or resolved. A particular focus will be on experimental uncertainties (for example concerning the ionisation yield Q_y) and uncertainties related to the dark matter velocity distribution. Finally, I will discuss various particle physics modifications of the interactions between DM and SM quarks which can bring XENON10/100 and CDMS-II into better agreement.
Primary author
Mr
Felix Kahlhoefer
(University of Oxford)
Co-authors
Dr
Christopher McCabe
(IPPP Durham)
Dr
Kai Schmidt-Hoberg
(CERN)
Dr
Mads Toudal Frandsen
(CP3-Origins)
Prof.
Subir Sarkar
(University of Oxford)
