Neutrino coherent scattering rates at direct dark matter detectors

LE Strigari - New Journal of Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutrino-induced recoil events may constitute a background to direct dark matter searches,
particularly for those detectors that strive to reach the ton-scale and beyond. This paper …

The impact of priors and observables on parameter inferences in the constrained MSSM

R Trotta, F Feroz, M Hobson… - Journal of High …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We use a newly released version of the SuperBayeS code to analyze the impact of the
choice of priors and the influence of various constraints on the statistical conclusions for the …

Spin-independent elastic WIMP scattering and the DAMA annual modulation signal

M Fairbairn, T Schwetz - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the interpretation of the annual modulation signal seen in the DAMA experiment
in terms of spin-independent elastic WIMP scattering. Taking into account channeling in the …

Constraining the MSSM with universal gaugino masses and implication for searches at the LHC

G Belanger, F Boudjema, A Pukhov… - Journal of High Energy …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach, we find the allowed parameter space
of a MSSM model with seven free parameters. In this model universality conditions at the …

DAMA and WIMP dark matter

FJ Petriello, KM Zurek - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We study whether spin-independent scattering of weakly-interacting massive particles
(WIMPs) with nuclei can account for the annual modulation signal reported by DAMA. We …

Inelastic dark matter, non-standard halos and the DAMA/LIBRA results

J March-Russell, C McCabe… - Journal of High Energy …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The DAMA collaboration have claimed to detect particle dark matter (DM) via an annual
modulation in their observed recoil event rate. This appears to be in strong disagreement …

PAMELA, DAMA, INTEGRAL and signatures of metastable excited WIMPs

DP Finkbeiner, TR Slatyer, N Weiner… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Models of dark matter with∼ GeV scale force mediators provide attractive
explanations of many high energy anomalies, including PAMELA, ATIC, and the WMAP …

Kaluza-Klein dark matter: Direct detection vis-a-vis CERN LHC

S Arrenberg, L Baudis, K Kong, KT Matchev… - Physical Review D …, 2008 - APS
We explore the phenomenology of Kaluza-Klein (KK) dark matter in very general models
with universal extra dimensions (UEDs), emphasizing the complementarity between high …

The dark top

D Poland, J Thaler - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a class of composite Higgs models in which the particle that regulates the top
quark contribution to the Higgs potential is also a weakly-interacting dark matter candidate …

Dark Matter signals from Draco and Willman 1: Prospects for MAGIC II and CTA

T Bringmann, M Doro, M Fornasa - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The next generation of ground-based Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes will play an
important role in indirect dark matter searches. In this article, we consider two particularly …