Mirror dark matter explanation of the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II data

2012/11/07 by R. Foot, Foot, R.
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #astro-ph.CO #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1211.1500

6 pages, Talk given at ICHEP2012

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Abstract

Dark matter might reside in a hidden sector which contains an unbroken U(1)' gauge interaction kinetically mixed with standard U(1)_Y. Mirror dark matter provides a well motivated example of such a theory. We show that the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II experiments can be simultaneously explained within this hidden sector framework. An experiment in the Southern Hemisphere is needed to test this explanation via a diurnal modulation signal.

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