1–5 Aug 2011
AlbaNova University Center
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus elastic scattering simplified

3 Aug 2011, 14:50
25m
The Svedberg (AlbaNova University Center)

The Svedberg

AlbaNova University Center

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Speaker

Dr Mirco Cannoni (Universidad de Huelva, Spain)

Description

We discuss a suitably normalized form of the isospin momentum dependent structure functions entering in the spin-dependent elastic neutralino-nucleus cross section. We compare these functions with the commonly used ones and discuss their advantages: in particular, these allow in the spin-dependent cross section to factorize the particle physics degrees of freedom from the momentum transfer dependent nuclear structure functions as it happens in the spin-independent cross section with the nuclear form factor. As an application we propose a scheme that allows to analytically determine the three elementary cross sections and connect the solutions to the relative sign between the proton and the neutron spin scattering amplitudes once the measurements of total event rate from three appropriate targets become available.

Primary author

Dr Mirco Cannoni (Universidad de Huelva, Spain)

Co-authors

Prof. Joannis D. Vergaods (University of Ioannina, Greece) Mario E. Gomez (Universidad de Huelva, Spain)

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