Solar-bound weakly interacting massive particles: a no-frills phenomenology

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1998-08-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808058v2

Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 063514

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Final version, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D. (16 pages, including 4 figures, gzipped postscript)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.59.063514

The case for a stable population of solar-bound Earth-crossing Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is reviewed. A practical general expression for their speed distribution in the laboratory frame is derived under basic assumptions. If such a population exists -even with a conservative phase-space density-, the next generation of large-mass, low-threshold underground bolometers should bring about a sizable enhancement in WIMP sensitivity. Finally, a characteristic yearly modulation in their recoil signal, arising from the ellipticity of the Earth's orbit, is presented.

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