Effective Field Theory for Dark Matter Absorption on Single Phonons
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| author | Mitridate, Andrea Pardo, Kris Trickle, Tanner Zurek, Kathryn M. |
| author_facet | Mitridate, Andrea Pardo, Kris Trickle, Tanner Zurek, Kathryn M. |
| contents | Single phonon excitations, with energies in the $1-100 \, \text{meV}$ range, are a powerful probe of light dark matter (DM). Utilizing effective field theory, we derive a framework to compute DM absorption rates into single phonons starting from general DM-electron, proton, and neutron interactions. We apply the framework to a variety of DM models: Yukawa coupled scalars, axionlike particles (ALPs) with derivative interactions, and vector DM coupling via gauge interactions or Standard Model electric and magnetic dipole moments. We find that GaAs or $\text{Al}_2\text{O}_3$ targets can set powerful constraints on a $U(1)_{B-L}$ model, and targets with electronic spin ordering are similarly sensitive to DM coupling to the electron magnetic dipole moment. Lastly, we make the code, \textsf{PhonoDark-abs} (an extension of the existing \textsf{PhonoDark} code which computes general DM-single phonon scattering rates), publicly available. |
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| spellingShingle | Effective Field Theory for Dark Matter Absorption on Single Phonons Mitridate, Andrea Pardo, Kris Trickle, Tanner Zurek, Kathryn M. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Materials Science Single phonon excitations, with energies in the $1-100 \, \text{meV}$ range, are a powerful probe of light dark matter (DM). Utilizing effective field theory, we derive a framework to compute DM absorption rates into single phonons starting from general DM-electron, proton, and neutron interactions. We apply the framework to a variety of DM models: Yukawa coupled scalars, axionlike particles (ALPs) with derivative interactions, and vector DM coupling via gauge interactions or Standard Model electric and magnetic dipole moments. We find that GaAs or $\text{Al}_2\text{O}_3$ targets can set powerful constraints on a $U(1)_{B-L}$ model, and targets with electronic spin ordering are similarly sensitive to DM coupling to the electron magnetic dipole moment. Lastly, we make the code, \textsf{PhonoDark-abs} (an extension of the existing \textsf{PhonoDark} code which computes general DM-single phonon scattering rates), publicly available. |
| title | Effective Field Theory for Dark Matter Absorption on Single Phonons |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06314 |