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Physics beyond the Standard Model with the DSA-2000
Kim V. Berghaus, Yufeng Du, Vincent S. H. Lee +4
The upcoming Deep Synoptic Array 2000 (DSA-2000) will map the radio sky at GHz (eV) with unprecedented sensitivity. This will enable searches for dark matte…
Detecting gravitational signatures of dark matter with atom gradiometers
Leonardo Badurina, Yufeng Du, Vincent S. H. Lee +2
We study the purely gravitational signatures of dark matter from the ultralight to the ultraheavy mass range in proposed long-baseline atom gradiometers, focusing on terrestrial de…
Proper Time Observables of General Gravitational Perturbations in Laser Interferometry-based Gravitational Wave Detectors
Vincent S. H. Lee, Kathryn M. Zurek
We present an explicitly gauge-invariant observable of {\em any} general gravitational perturbation, (\textit{not} necessarily due to gravitational waves (GWs)), in a lase…
Dark Matter Candidates of a Very Low Mass
Kathryn M. Zurek
We review dark matter (DM) candidates of a very low mass, appearing in the window below the traditional weakly-interacting massive particle GeV and extending down…
Effective Field Theory for Dark Matter Absorption on Single Phonons
Andrea Mitridate, Kris Pardo, Tanner Trickle +1
Single phonon excitations, with energies in the range, are a powerful probe of light dark matter (DM). Utilizing effective field theory, we derive a framework…
Axion Detection with Optomechanical Cavities
Clara Murgui, Yikun Wang, Kathryn M. Zurek
We propose a novel technique to search for axions with an optomechanical cavity filled with a material such as superfluid helium. Axion absorption converts a pump laser photon to a…
Snowmass Theory Frontier: Astrophysics and Cosmology
Daniel Green, Joshua T. Ruderman, Benjamin R. Safdi +84
We summarize progress made in theoretical astrophysics and cosmology over the past decade and areas of interest for the coming decade. This Report is prepared as the TF09 "Astrophy…
Atom Interferometer Tests of Dark Matter
Yufeng Du, Clara Murgui, Kris Pardo +2
Direct detection experiments for dark matter are increasingly ruling out large parameter spaces. However, light dark matter models with particle masses GeV are still largely un…
Snowmass White Paper: Light Dark Matter Direct Detection at the Interface With Condensed Matter Physics
Andrea Mitridate, Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang +1
Direct detection experiments for light (sub-GeV) dark matter are making enormous leaps in reaching previously unexplored theory space. The need for accurate characterizations of ta…
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of low-threshold dark matter direct detection in the next decade
Rouven Essig, Graham K. Giovanetti, Noah Kurinsky +90
The search for particle-like dark matter with meV-to-GeV masses has developed rapidly in the past few years. We summarize the science case for these searches, the recent progress,…
Dark Matter Direct Detection in Materials with Spin-Orbit Coupling
Hsiao-Yi Chen, Andrea Mitridate, Tanner Trickle +3
Semiconductors with band gaps have been shown to be promising targets to search for sub-MeV mass dark matter (DM). In this paper we focus on a class of ma…
Dark Unification: a UV-complete Theory of Asymmetric Dark Matter
Clara Murgui, Kathryn M. Zurek
Motivated by the observed ratio of dark matter to baryon mass densities, , we propose a theory of dark-color unification. In this theory, the dark to visible bary…
Dark Matter Absorption via Electronic Excitations
Andrea Mitridate, Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang +1
We revisit the calculation of bosonic dark matter absorption via electronic excitations. Working in an effective field theory framework and consistently taking into account in-medi…
Extended Calculation of Dark Matter-Electron Scattering in Crystal Targets
Sinéad M. Griffin, Katherine Inzani, Tanner Trickle +2
We extend the calculation of dark matter direct detection rates via electronic transitions in general dielectric crystal targets, combining state-of-the-art density functional theo…
Directional Detectability of Dark Matter With Single Phonon Excitations: Target Comparison
Ahmet Coskuner, Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang +1
Single phonon excitations are sensitive probes of light dark matter in the keV-GeV mass window. For anisotropic target materials, the signal depends on the direction of the incomin…
Effective Field Theory of Dark Matter Direct Detection With Collective Excitations
Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang, Kathryn M. Zurek
We develop a framework for computing light dark matter direct detection rates through single phonon and magnon excitations via general effective operators. Our work generalizes pre…
Detectability of Axion Dark Matter with Phonon Polaritons and Magnons
Andrea Mitridate, Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang +1
Collective excitations in condensed matter systems, such as phonons and magnons, have recently been proposed as novel detection channels for light dark matter. We show that excitat…
Multi-Channel Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter: Target Comparison
Sinead M. Griffin, Katherine Inzani, Tanner Trickle +2
Direct detection experiments for light dark matter are making enormous leaps in reaching previously unexplored model space. Several recent proposals rely on collective excitations,…
Multi-Channel Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter: Theoretical Framework
Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang, Kathryn M. Zurek +2
We present a unified theoretical framework for computing spin-independent direct detection rates via various channels relevant for sub-GeV dark matter -- nuclear recoils, electron…
Directional Dark Matter Detection in Anisotropic Dirac Materials
Ahmet Coskuner, Andrea Mitridate, Andres Olivares +1
Dirac materials, because of their small ${\cal O}(\mbox{meV})$ band gap, are a promising target for dark photon-mediated scattering and absorption of light dark matter. In this pap…
Detecting Light Dark Matter with Magnons
Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang, Kathryn M. Zurek
Scattering of light dark matter with sub-eV energy deposition can be detected with collective excitations in condensed matter systems. When dark matter has spin-independent couplin…
Direct Detection of Bound States of Asymmetric Dark Matter
Ahmet Coskuner, Dorota M. Grabowska, Simon Knapen +1
We study the reach of direct detection experiments for large bound states (containing or more dark nucleons) of Asymmetric Dark Matter. We consider ordinary nuclear recoils,…
Directional Detection of Light Dark Matter with Polar Materials
Sinead Griffin, Simon Knapen, Tongyan Lin +1
We consider the direct detection of dark matter (DM) with polar materials, where single production of optical or acoustic phonons gives excellent reach to scattering of sub-MeV DM…
Long-Lived Particles at the Energy Frontier: The MATHUSLA Physics Case
David Curtin, Marco Drewes, Matthew McCullough +85
We examine the theoretical motivations for long-lived particle (LLP) signals at the LHC in a comprehensive survey of Standard Model (SM) extensions. LLPs are a common prediction of…