Searching for dark matter with helium atom

Details Searching for dark matter with helium atom Searching for dark matter with helium atom

2006-08-10

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0608054v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table

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With the help of the boost operator we can model the interaction between a weakly interacting particle(WIMP) of dark matter(DAMA) and an atomic nuclei. Via this "kick" we calculate the total electronic excitation cross section of the helium atom. The bound spectrum of He is calculated through a diagonalization process with a configuration interaction (CI) wavefunction built up from Slater orbitals. All together 19 singly- and doubly-excited atomic sates were taken with total angular momenta of L=0,1 and 2. Our calculation may give a rude estimation about the magnitude of the total excitation cross section which could be measured in later scintillator experiments. The upper limit of the excitation cross section is $9.7\cdot 10^{-8}$ barn.

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