Robert McGehee – Maximizing Direct Detection with HYPER Dark

Robert McGehee – Maximizing Direct Detection with HYPER Dark Matter – 3-30-22

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“Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics”

Affiliation: University of Michigan

Abstract: We estimate the maximum direct detection cross section for sub-GeV dark matter scattering off nucleons. For dark matter masses in the range of 10 keV −100 MeV, cross sections greater than 10^{-36} – 10^{-30} cm^2 seem implausible. We introduce a…

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