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Snowmass White Paper: Light Dark Matter Direct Detection at the Interface With Condensed Matter Physics
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Subject
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Language
Abstract
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 target responses has led to a growing interplay between particle and condensed matter physics. This white paper summarizes recent progress on direct detection calculations that utilize state-of-the-art numerical tools in condensed matter physics and effective field theory techniques. These new results provide the theoretical framework for interpreting ongoing and planned experiments using electronic and collective excitations, and for optimizing future searches.
Comment: contribution to Snowmass 2021; 11 pages, 3 figures