
arXiv: 1306.2315
We consider models of xenophobic dark matter, in which isospin-violating dark matter-nucleon interactions significantly degrade the response of xenon direct detection experiments. For models of near-maximal xenophobia, with neutron-to-proton coupling ratio $f_n / f_p \approx -0.64$, and dark matter mass near 8 GeV, the regions of interest for CoGeNT and CDMS-Si and the region of interest identified by Collar and Fields in CDMS-Ge data can be brought into agreement. This model may be tested in future direct, indirect, and collider searches. Interestingly, because the natural isotope abundance of xenon implies that xenophobia has its limits, we find that this xenophobic model may be probed in the near future by xenon experiments. Near-future data from the LHC and Fermi-LAT may also provide interesting alternative probes of xenophobic dark matter.
15 pages, 4 figures
Quantum Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), hep-ex, Molecular, FOS: Physical sciences, hep-ph, 530, Atomic, Nuclear & Particles Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle and Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), astro-ph.CO, Nuclear, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Quantum Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), hep-ex, Molecular, FOS: Physical sciences, hep-ph, 530, Atomic, Nuclear & Particles Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle and Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), astro-ph.CO, Nuclear, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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