Migdal Effect in Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments and Its Applications

Octubre 14, 2019
De 3:00pm hasta 4:00pm

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Theoretical Physics, general interest
Speaker: 
Masahiro Ibe
Institution: 
Tokyo U.
Location&Place: 

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Abstract: 

The elastic scattering of an atomic nucleus plays a central role in dark matter direct detection experiments. 
In those experiments, it is usually assumed that the atomic electrons around the nucleus of the target material 
immediately follow the motion of the recoil nucleus.
In reality, however, it takes some time for the electrons to catch up, which results in ionization and excitation of the atoms.
Those processes are called the Migdal effects.
In this talk, I explain how to treat the Migdal effects in the dark matter direct detection experiments.
I also explain that the Migdal effects can enhance the detectability of rather light dark matter in the GeV mass range.
We also discuss a good candidates of the dark matter models with a mass in the GeV range.