The Theory of Direct Dark Matter Detection

A Guide to Computations
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-95227-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 996, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

This book is a pedagogical guide on how to make computations in direct dark matter (DM) detection. The theory behind the calculation of direct detection cross sections and rates is presented, touching aspects related to elementary particle physics, hadronic physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. The book is structured in self-contained sections, covering several topics ranging from the scattering kinematics to the phenomenology of direct DM searches. It follows a model-independent approach, aiming at providing the readers with all that is needed to understand the theory and start their own analysis. Meant for graduate students and researchers with interests in particle physics and phenomenology, it is enriched with several worked examples from standard and non-standard particle DM models. Senior researchers working in different areas related to dark matter, like particle and nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, find in this booka useful and updated guide for reference.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Del Nobile, Eugenio

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Rate.- Scattering Kinematics.- From Quarks and Gluons to Nucleons.- DM-Nucleon Interaction.- From Nucleons to Nuclei.- Scattering Cross Section.- DM Velocity Distribution and Velocity Integral.- Phenomenology of Direct DM Detection.- Summary.

Über Autor(innen)

Eugenio Del Nobile received a PhD in Physics in 2012 with a dissertation on some theoretical aspects of particle dark matter models and their direct detection phenomenology. After, he gained postdoctoral positions at UCLA in US, University of Padua in Italy, and University of Nottingham in UK. His research interests are on direct dark matter detection theory and related phenomenology, notably concerning model-independent analyses and methods.