DAMA/LIBRA is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. The data collected in the first six annual cycle have already been released. The cumulative exposure – including that of the former DAMA/NaI experiment (0.29 ton × yr) – is now 1.17 ton x yr, corresponding to 13 annual cycles; this exposure is orders of magnitude larger than the exposures typically collected in the field. The data further confirm the model independent evidence of the presence of Dark Matter (DM) particles in the galactic halo on the basis of the DM annual modulation signature (8.9 σ C.L. for the cumulative exposure). In particular, the modulation amplitude of the single-hit events in the (2 - 6) keV energy interval measured in NaI(Tl) target is (0.0116 ± 0.0013) cpd/kg/keV, the measured phase is (146 ± 7) days and the measured period is (0.999 ± 0.002) yr, values well in agreement with those expected for the DM particles. Various related arguments are addressed.

P., B., Bernabei, R., R. S., B., V. B., B., N., B., R., C., et al. (2011). Development of enriched 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators to search for double beta decay processes in 106Cd. In Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. on current problems in Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy (pp.86-91). Kiev : INR-Kiev.

Development of enriched 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators to search for double beta decay processes in 106Cd

BERNABEI, RITA;D'ANGELO, SILIO;
2011-01-01

Abstract

DAMA/LIBRA is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. The data collected in the first six annual cycle have already been released. The cumulative exposure – including that of the former DAMA/NaI experiment (0.29 ton × yr) – is now 1.17 ton x yr, corresponding to 13 annual cycles; this exposure is orders of magnitude larger than the exposures typically collected in the field. The data further confirm the model independent evidence of the presence of Dark Matter (DM) particles in the galactic halo on the basis of the DM annual modulation signature (8.9 σ C.L. for the cumulative exposure). In particular, the modulation amplitude of the single-hit events in the (2 - 6) keV energy interval measured in NaI(Tl) target is (0.0116 ± 0.0013) cpd/kg/keV, the measured phase is (146 ± 7) days and the measured period is (0.999 ± 0.002) yr, values well in agreement with those expected for the DM particles. Various related arguments are addressed.
3rd Int. Conf. on Current Problems in Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy
Kiev, Ukraine
2010
3rd
INR-Kiev
Rilevanza internazionale
su invito
giu-2010
2011
Settore FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE
English
Dark Matter, scintillators, low background measurements, underground physics
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P., B., Bernabei, R., R. S., B., V. B., B., N., B., R., C., et al. (2011). Development of enriched 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators to search for double beta decay processes in 106Cd. In Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. on current problems in Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy (pp.86-91). Kiev : INR-Kiev.
P., B; Bernabei, R; R. S., B; V. B., B; N., B; R., C; D. M., C; F. A., D; D'Angelo, S; Degoda, Vya; A. E., D; E. N., G; Hyzhnyi, Yua; S. V., I; A., I; V. V., K; O. S., K; G. P., K; V. M., K; J. R., Dl; A. L., M; S. S., N; S. G., N; A. S., N; S., N; D. V., P; R. B., P; O. G., P; D., P; A. P., S; V. P., S; V. N., S; D. A., S; Stenin, Yug; V. I., T; Vasiliev, Yav; V. D., V
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