wimprates 0.2.0

Differential rates of WIMP-nucleus scattering

Differential rates of WIMP-nucleus scattering in the standard halo model, for liquid xenon detectors.

https://github.com/JelleAalbers/wimprates

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Installation and usage

• Clone the repository and cd into its directory

• pip install -e .

• [See this basic example for usage.](https://github.com/JelleAalbers/wimprates/blob/master/notebooks/Example.ipynb)

The package uses numericalunits (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numericalunits); all function inputs are expected to have proper units.

Features

• Spin-indendent and spin-dependent DM-nucleus scattering;

• Elastic NR, bremsstrahlung, and Migdal effect detection mechanisms;

• Time dependent observed dark matter speed distribution (annual modulation only, no daily modulation).

How to cite

• To cite wimprates itself, we will soon add a zenodo DOI link.

• Please cite the theory papers for the different models you use: - Spin-dependent scattering: Klos, P. et al., [Phys.Rev. D88 (2013) no.8, 083516](https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.083516), Erratum: [Phys.Rev. D89 (2014) no.2, 029901](https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.029901). [[arXiv:1304.7684]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7684) - Bremsstrahlung: C. Kouvaris and J. Pradler, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 031803 (2017)](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.031803). [arXiv:1607.01789](https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01789) - Migdal effect: M. Ibe et al., [JHEP 1803 (2018) 194](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP03(2018)194). [arXiv:1707.07258](https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.07258)

Contributors

• Jelle Aalbers

• Bart Pelssers

History

0.2.0 (2019-03-23)

• Annual modulation (#2)

• Migdal effect

• Configurable mediator mass

• Resistance to numericalunits.reset_units()

• Restructure as python package

0.1 (2018-01-17)

• Initial release