Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of dark matter scattering off light nuclei

Lorenzo Andreoli, Vincenzo Cirigliano, Stefano Gandolfi +1

We compute the matrix elements for elastic scattering of dark matter (DM) particles off light nuclei (${}^2$H, ${}^3$H, ${}^3$He, ${}^4$He and ${}^6$Li) using quantum Monte Carlo methods. We…