Speaker
Paolo Gondolo
(University of Utah)
Description
We have extended the nonrelativistic effective theory of WIMP-nucleus scattering from WIMPs of spin 0, 1/2, and 1 to WIMPs of arbitrary spin, under the assumption of one-nucleon operators. New effective operators arise at each additional half-unit of WIMP spin. The nuclear structure functions are the same for WIMPs of all spin. The theory can easily include mediators of any mass, and form factors for WIMPs of finite size. This talk will present the new operators and how they are constructed, together with some preliminary phenomenological results.
Author
Paolo Gondolo
(University of Utah)
