WimPyC: an extension module of WimPyDD for the calculation of WIMP capture in celestial bodies

arXiv:2510.21185 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2025-10-24 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2025-10-24

Updated: 2026-08-28

Terminology

• Effective Hamiltonian — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Inelastic Dark Matter — 7× in this paper
• Main Sequence — 6× in this paper
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Exposure of the LUX-ZEPLIN — 1× in this paper
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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