NLO corrections to Vector Dark Matter Direct Detection -- An update

Understand

In this work we present an update to a previous calculation of the Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) corrections to the Vector Dark Matter (VDM) direct detection cross section.

• The model under investigation is a minimal extension of the Standard Model (SM) with one extra vector boson and one extra complex scalar field, where the vector is the DM candidate.
• We have computed the spin-independent cross section for the scattering of the VDM particle with a nucleon.
• We now provide an update to the NLO cross section for the direct detection of the DM particle.