Dark Matter: DAMA/LIBRA and its perspectives
Abstract
The long-standing model-independent annual modulation effect measured by DAMA deep underground at Gran Sasso Laboratory with different experimental configurations is summarized and perspectives will be highlighted. DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 set-up, $\simeq$ 250 kg highly radio-pure NaI(Tl) confirms the evidence of a signal that meets all the requirements of the model independent Dark Matter annual modulation signature at high C.L.; the full exposure is 2.86 ton $\times$ yr over 22 annual cycles. The experiment is currently collecting data in the DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 empowered configuration with an even lower software energy threshold. Other recent claims are shortly commented.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2022
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2209.00882
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2209.00882
- Bibcode:
- 2022arXiv220900882B
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Experiment;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of IDM 2022, July 18-22, 2022. A Section is dedicated to rebut the arguments of arXiv:2208.05158