Tools for model-independent bounds in direct dark matter searches

Marco Cirelli (1) , Eugenio del Nobile (2, 3) , Paolo Panci (2)

1 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681
2 CP3 Origins
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCLA, Los Angeles]

We discuss a framework (based on non-relativistic operators) and a self-contained set of numerical tools to derive the bounds from some current direct detection experiments on virtually any arbitrary model of Dark Matter elastically scattering on nuclei.

Domains: High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]

Marco Cirelli, Eugenio del Nobile, Paolo Panci. Tools for model-independent bounds in direct dark matter searches. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2013, 10, pp.019. ⟨10.1088/1475-7516/2013/10/019⟩. ⟨cea-01073642⟩