Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

Details Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates? Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

2005-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0504157v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.95:101301,2005

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

4 pages, 4 figures, revtex4.0, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.101301

The common analysis of direct searches for spin-independent Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) assumes that a spin-independent WIMP couples with the same strength with both nucleons, \textit{i.e.} that the spin-independent interaction is also fully isospin-independent. Though in a fully isospin-dependent interaction scenario the spin-independent WIMP-nucleus cross section is strongly quenched, the leading experiments are still sensitive enough to set limits 1-2 orders of magnitude less stringent than those traditionally presented. In the isospin-dependent scenario the difference between the limits of CDMS-II and ZEPLIN-I is significantly reduced. Here, a model-independent framework is discussed and applied to obtain the current general model-independent limits.

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