Nuclear form factors for the scattering of weakly interacting massive particles
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We discuss the scattering of supersymmetric dark matter particles from nuclei at nonzero momentum transfer, After a brief treatment of spin-independent form factors, we carefully formulate the spin-dependent scattering problem. We conclude with a calculation of a spin-dependent cross section in t3tXe; it falls as the momentum transfer increases, but more slowly than the spinindependent cross section.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002