Ionization of hydrogen by neutrino magnetic moment, relativistic muon, and WIMP
Journal
Physical Review
Journal Volume
D88
Pages
033006
Date Issued
2013-07
Author(s)
Abstract
We studied the ionization of hydrogen by the scattering of the neutrino magnetic moment, relativistic muon, and a weakly interacting massive particle with a QED-like interaction. Analytic results were obtained and compared with several approximation schemes often used in atomic physics. As current searches for the neutrino magnetic moment and dark matter have lowered the detector threshold down to the sub-keV regime, we tried to deduce from this simple case study the influence of the atomic structure on the cross sections and the applicabilities of various approximations. The general features being found will be useful for cases where practical detector atoms are considered.
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