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Spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus scattering off 125Te, 129Xe, and 131Xe in the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model (2019)

Pirinen, P., Kotila, J., & Suhonen, J. (2019). Spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus scattering off 125Te, 129Xe, and 131Xe in the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model. Nuclear Physics A, 992, Article 121624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2019.121624

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All authors or editors: Pirinen, Pekka; Kotila, Jenni; Suhonen, Jouni

Journal or series: Nuclear Physics A

ISSN: 0375-9474

eISSN: 1873-1554

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 992

Article number: 121624

Publisher: Elsevier

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2019.121624

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65830

Abstract

We perform calculations of structure functions for elastic and inelastic spin-dependent scattering of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) off 125Te, 129Xe, and 131Xe. The nuclear structure calculations are performed in the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model (IBFM-2). In our calculations we employ one-body and leading long-range two-body WIMP-nucleus currents derived from chiral effective field theory. We demonstrate that the relevant matrix elements can be reliably computed in the IBFM-2, which will allow investigation of heavy deformed nuclei previously inaccessible to theoretical calculations.

Keywords: dark matter; bosons; nuclear physics

Free keywords: dark matter; interacting boson-fermion model; nuclear structure; scattering; WIMP

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Reporting Year: 2019

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