The Maximum Patch Method for Directional Dark Matter Detection
arXiv:0801.1624 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.015020
Abstract
Present and planned dark matter detection experiments search for WIMP-induced nuclear recoils in poorly known background conditions. In this environment, the maximum gap statistical method provides a way of setting more sensitive cross section upper limits by incorporating known signal information. We give a recipe for the numerical calculation of upper limits for planned directional dark matter detection experiments, that will measure both recoil energy and angle, based on the gaps between events in two-dimensional phase space.
13 pages, 11 figures; minor textual corrections, filled in an important missing detail relating to the method, publication version
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