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A direct detection view of the neutrino NSI landscape (2023)
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Amaral, D., Cerdeño, D., Cheek, A., & Foldenauer, P. (2023). A direct detection view of the neutrino NSI landscape. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(7), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282023%29071

In this article, we study the potential of direct detection experiments to explore the parameter space of general non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) via solar neutrino scattering. Due to their sensitivity to neutrino-electron and neutrino-nucle... Read More about A direct detection view of the neutrino NSI landscape.

The dark matter component of the Gaia radially anisotropic substructure (2020)
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Bozorgnia, N., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C., Cheek, A., Cerdeño, D., Gómez, F., …Marinacci, F. (2020). The dark matter component of the Gaia radially anisotropic substructure. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(7), Article 036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/07/036

We study the properties of the dark matter component of the radially anisotropic stellar population recently identified in the Gaia data, using magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-like halos from the Auriga project. We identify 10 simulat... Read More about The dark matter component of the Gaia radially anisotropic substructure.

Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment (2020)
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Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., …Zheng, L. (2020). Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment. Physical Review D, 101(5), Article 052008. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.101.052008

We present an analysis of electron recoils in cryogenic germanium detectors operated during the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment. The data are used to set new constraints on the axioelectric coupling of axionlike particles and the kinetic mixing parameter... Read More about Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment.

On the correlation between the local dark matter and stellar velocities (2019)
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Bozorgnia, N., Fattahi, A., Cerdeño, D. G., Frenk, C. S., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Pakmor, R. (2019). On the correlation between the local dark matter and stellar velocities. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019(06), Article 045. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/06/045

The dark matter velocity distribution in the Solar neighbourhood is an important astrophysical input which enters in the predicted event rate of dark matter direct detection experiments. It has been recently suggested that the local dark matter veloc... Read More about On the correlation between the local dark matter and stellar velocities.

B anomalies and dark matter: a complex connection (2019)
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Cerdeño, D., Cheek, A., Martín-Ramiro, P., & Moreno, J. (2019). B anomalies and dark matter: a complex connection. The European Physical Journal C, 79(6), Article 517. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6979-x

We study an extension of the Standard Model that addresses the hints of lepton flavour universality violation observed in B→K(∗)l+l− decays at LHCb, while providing a viable candidate for dark matter. The model incorporates two new scalar fields and... Read More about B anomalies and dark matter: a complex connection.

How high is the neutrino floor? (2019)
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Bœhm, C., Cerdeño, D., Machado, P., Campo, A. O., & Reid, E. (2019). How high is the neutrino floor?. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019(01), Article 043. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/01/043

In this paper, we compute the contribution to the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering cross section from new physics models in the neutrino sector. We use this information to calculate the maximum value of the so-called neutrino floor for di... Read More about How high is the neutrino floor?.

Opening the energy window on direct dark matter detection (2018)
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Bozorgnia, N., Cerdeño, D. G., Cheek, A., & Penning, B. (2018). Opening the energy window on direct dark matter detection. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(12), Article 013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/12/013

In this article we investigate the benefits of increasing the maximum nuclear recoil energy analysed in dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments. We focus on elastic DM-nucleus interactions, and work within the framework of effective field theor... Read More about Opening the energy window on direct dark matter detection.

Energy loss due to defect formation from 206Pb recoils in SuperCDMS germanium detectors (2018)
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Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., …Zhao, X. (2018). Energy loss due to defect formation from 206Pb recoils in SuperCDMS germanium detectors. Applied Physics Letters, 113(9), Article 092101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5041457

The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory studied energy loss associated with defect formation in germanium crystals at mK temperatures using in situ 210Pb sources. We examine the spectrum of 206Pb nuclear... Read More about Energy loss due to defect formation from 206Pb recoils in SuperCDMS germanium detectors.

Surrogate models for direct dark matter detection (2018)
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Cerdeño, D., Cheek, A., Reid, E., & Schulz, H. (2018). Surrogate models for direct dark matter detection. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(08), Article 011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/08/011

In this work we introduce RAPIDD, a surrogate model that speeds up the computation of the expected spectrum of dark matter particles in direct detection experiments. RAPIDD replaces the exact calculation of the dark matter differential rate (which in... Read More about Surrogate models for direct dark matter detection.

First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector (2018)
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Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., …Zhao, X. (2018). First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector. Physical Review Letters, 121(5), Article 051301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.051301

We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 electron-hole pairs (CDMS HVeV, a 0.93 g CDMS high-voltage device). These elect... Read More about First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector.

B+L violation at colliders and new physics (2018)
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Cerdeño, D. G., Reimitz, P., Sakurai, K., & Tamarit, C. (2018). B+L violation at colliders and new physics. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(04), Article 076. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282018%29076

Chiral electroweak anomalies predict baryon (B) and lepton (L) violating fermion interactions, which can be dressed with large numbers of Higgs and gauge bosons. The estimation of the total B + L-violating rate from an initial two-particle state — po... Read More about B+L violation at colliders and new physics.

CNO neutrino Grand Prix: the race to solve the solar metallicity problem (2018)
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Cerdeño, D. G., Davis, J. H., Fairbairn, M., & Vincent, A. C. (2018). CNO neutrino Grand Prix: the race to solve the solar metallicity problem. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(04), Article 037. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/037

Several next-generation experiments aim to make the first measurement of the neutrino flux from the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen (CNO) solar fusion cycle. We calculate how much time these experiments will need to run for in order to measure this flux with... Read More about CNO neutrino Grand Prix: the race to solve the solar metallicity problem.

The Constrained NMSSM with right-handed neutrinos (2018)
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Cerdeño, D. G., De Romeri, V., Martín-Lozano, V., Olive, K. A., & Seto, O. (2018). The Constrained NMSSM with right-handed neutrinos. The European Physical Journal C, 78(4), Article 290. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5689-0

In this article, we demonstrate that the inclusion of right-handed neutrino superfields in the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) makes it possible to impose universality conditions on the soft supersymmetry-breaking parameters at... Read More about The Constrained NMSSM with right-handed neutrinos.

Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan (2018)
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Agnese, R., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Banik, S., …Zhao, X. (2018). Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan. Physical Review Letters, 120(6), Article 061802. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.061802

We report the result of a blinded search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan data set. With an exposure of 1690 kg d, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected backgrounds.... Read More about Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan.

Low-mass dark matter search with CDMSlite (2018)
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Agnese, R., Anderson, A., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Baker, W., …Zhao, X. (2018). Low-mass dark matter search with CDMSlite. Physical Review D, 97(2), Article 022002. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.022002

The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run in the CDM... Read More about Low-mass dark matter search with CDMSlite.

Reopening the Higgs portal for single scalar dark matter (2017)
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Casas, J., Cerdeño, D., Moreno, J., & Quilis, J. (2017). Reopening the Higgs portal for single scalar dark matter. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(05), Article 036. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282017%29036

A real singlet scalar, connected to the Standard Model sector through a portal with the Higgs boson, is one of the simplest and most popular models for dark matter (DM). However, the experimental advances in direct and indirect DM searches, together... Read More about Reopening the Higgs portal for single scalar dark matter.

Multidimensional effective field theory analysis for direct detection of dark matter (2017)
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Rogers, H., Cerdeño, D., Cushman, P., Livet, F., & Mandic, V. (2017). Multidimensional effective field theory analysis for direct detection of dark matter. Physical Review D, 95(8), Article 082003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.95.082003

The scattering of dark matter particles off nuclei in direct detection experiments can be described in terms of a multidimensional effective field theory (EFT). A new systematic analysis technique is developed using the EFT approach and Bayesian infe... Read More about Multidimensional effective field theory analysis for direct detection of dark matter.

Towards the next generation of simplified Dark Matter models (2017)
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Albert, A., Bauer, M., Brooke, J., Buchmueller, O., Cerdeño, D. G., Citron, M., …Wardle, N. (2017). Towards the next generation of simplified Dark Matter models. Physics of the Dark Universe, 16, 49-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2017.02.002

This White Paper is an input to the ongoing discussion about the extension and refinement of simplified Dark Matter (DM) models. It is not intended as a comprehensive review of the discussed subjects, but instead summarises ideas and concepts arising... Read More about Towards the next generation of simplified Dark Matter models.

How to calculate dark matter direct detection exclusion limits that are consistent with gamma rays from annihilation in the Milky Way halo (2016)
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Cerdeño, D. G., Fornasa, M., Green, A., & Peiro, M. (2016). How to calculate dark matter direct detection exclusion limits that are consistent with gamma rays from annihilation in the Milky Way halo. Physical Review D, 94(4), Article 043516. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.94.043516

When comparing constraints on the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) properties from direct and indirect detection experiments it is crucial that the assumptions made about the dark matter (DM) distribution are realistic and consistent. For i... Read More about How to calculate dark matter direct detection exclusion limits that are consistent with gamma rays from annihilation in the Milky Way halo.