WIMPs as Dark Matter Candidate and the Constraints on Its Mass and Cross Section Using Direct Detection Method

The non-baryonic and non-luminous matter - which interacts with gravity alone - that is all pervasive in the Universe is referred to as “Dark Matter (DM)”. In this work, we study the properties of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), the most favourable candidates for dark matter. We constrain the mass and cross-section of WIMPs by using the data obtained from the different generations of XENON detectors. With the help of the flux of WIMPs passing through the target nuclei using the direct detection method, we analysed the properties of WIMPs. We compared them with different density profiles of DM, such as NFW, Burket, Isothermal, and Einasto. From these analyses, the results indicate that the mass of WIMPs below 40 GeV/c2 is not possible for detection as they are not tightly constrained for this detector.