Heavy particle effective theories: formalism and application to dark matter direct detection
Dr. Richard J. Hill (University of Chicago)

The application of heavy particle effective field theory to the computation of dark matter-nucleus scattering is discussed. A simple class of composite models with universal features is presented. Relativistic invariance is implemented in such effective theories via infinite dimensional representations of the Lorentz group. General formalism and constraints on the construction of effective theory operators is presented.