Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-07
Phys.Rev.D74:043531,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages, 9 figures. v2: Added reference and minor revisions to match PRD version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.043531
In addition to a smooth component of WIMP dark matter in galaxies, there may be streams of material; the effects of WIMP streams on direct detection experiments is examined in this paper. The contribution to the count rate due to the stream cuts off at some characteristic energy. Near this cutoff energy, the stream contribution to the annual modulation of recoils in the detector is comparable to that of the thermalized halo, even if the stream represents only a small portion (~5% or less) of the local halo density. Consequently the total modulation may be quite different than would be expected for the standard halo model alone: it may not be cosine-like and can peak at a different date than expected. The effects of speed, direction, density, and velocity dispersion of a stream on the modulation are examined. We describe how the observation of a modulation can be used to determine these stream parameters. Alternatively, the presence of a dropoff in the recoil spectrum can be used to determine the WIMP mass if the stream speed is known. The annual modulation of the cutoff energy together with the annual modulation of the overall signal provide a "smoking gun" for WIMP detection.
Freese Katherine
Gondolo Paolo
Savage Chris
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