An introduction to DDCalc

Abstract

Direct detection experiments place some of the strongest constraints on the interactions of dark matter and promise unique opportunities for the discovery of a dark matter signal. The public software tool DDCalc has been developed to make this wealth of data available for reinterpretation in a wide range of dark matter models and perform calculations fast enough for the use in large-scale parameter scans. DDCalc calculates predicted event rates for a given model of dark matter and its astrophysical distribution and then determines experimental likelihoods and exclusion limits from a large database of direct detection experiments. This talk summarizes the main features of the code, some recent developments and plans for the future.

Authors 1

1. Felix Kahlhoefer corresponding Aachen Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology

   RWTH Aachen University · Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon · Institut de Physique

   Affiliation as printed

   Infinis (IP2I), Lyon, France

   Institut de Physique des

   Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (TTK), RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany