Experimental identification of non-pointlike dark-matter candidates release_x6zvscpkurdxvmdxlmo5pk4pe4

by Graciela Gelmini, Alexander Kusenko, Shmuel Nussinov

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We show that direct dark matter detection experiments can distinguish between pointlike and non-pointlike dark-matter candidates. The shape of the nuclear recoil energy spectrum from pointlike dark-matter particles, e.g., neutralinos, is determined by the velocity distribution of dark matter in the galactic halo and by nuclear form factors. In contrast, typical cross sections of non-pointlike dark matter, for example, Q-balls, have a new form factor, which decreases rapidly with the recoil energy. Therefore, a signal from non-pointlike dark matter is expected to peak near the experimental threshold and to fall off rapidly at higher energies. Although the width of the signal is practically independent of the dark matter velocity dispersion, its height is expected to exhibit an annual modulation due to the changes in the dark matter flux.
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Type  report
Stage   submitted
Date   2002-03-19
Version   v1
Language   en ?
Number  UCLA/01/TEP/7
arXiv  hep-ph/0203179v1
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