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Direct detection constraints on EFT operators for inelastic dark matter
Abstract
We convert existing exclusion limits on the elastic spin-independent (SI) dark matter--proton cross sections into upper bounds on the event rate, subsequently applying them to constrain other effective operators for inelastic scattering of light dark matter in the GeV mass region. We focus on three representative scenarios including the isoscalar, proton-philic, and the proton-philic spin-dependent inelastic dark matter model, which are well-motivated in phenomenological studies of dark matter detection.
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BibTeX
@misc{wang2026direct,
title = {{Direct detection constraints on EFT operators for inelastic dark matter}},
author = {X. G. Wang and A. W. Thomas},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.12889},
eprint = {2610.12889},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12889},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Direct detection constraints on EFT operators for inelastic dark matter
AU - X. G. Wang
AU - A. W. Thomas
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.12889
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12889
AB - We convert existing exclusion limits on the elastic spin-independent (SI) dark matter--proton cross sections into upper bounds on the event rate, subsequently applying them to constrain other effective operators for inelastic scattering of light dark matter in the GeV mass region. We focus on three representative scenarios including the isoscalar, proton-philic, and the proton-philic spin-dependent inelastic dark matter model, which are well-motivated in phenomenological studies of dark matter detection.
ER -