Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2012-04-07
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
15 pages, 19 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1109.3391
Scientific paper
The problem of possible application of an ultracold neutron (UCN) trap as a detector of dark matter particles with long-range radius of forces has been considered. Transmission of small recoil energy in scattering is a characteristic of long-range forces. The main advantage of the ultracold neutron technique lies in possibility of detecting recoil energy as small as $10^{-7}$ eV. Here are presented constraints on the interaction potential parameters: $U(r)=a r^{-1} e^{-r/\lambda}$ for dark matter particles and neutrons, as well as on the density value of long-range dark matter on the Earth. The possible mechanism of accumulation of long-range dark matter on the Earth surface is considered and the factor of density increase on the Earth surface is evaluated. The results of the first experiment on search of astronomical day variation of ultracold neutron storage time are under discussion.
Fomin A. K.
Onegin M. S.
Serebrov A. P.
Zherebtsov O. M.
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