No role for muons in the DAMA annual modulation results

The European Physical Journal C

F. Cappella¹  A. d’Angelo¹  R. Bernabei²  A. Di Marco²  R. G. Wang³  C. J. Dai³  X. H. Ma³  X. D. Sheng³  H. L. He³  Z. P. Ye⁴  P. Belli⁵  F. Montecchia⁶  A. Incicchitti⁷  R. Cerulli⁸  V. Caracciolo⁸ 

[1] Dip. di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, 00185, Rome, Italy;INFN, sez. Roma, 00185, Rome, Italy;Dip. di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, 00133, Rome, Italy;INFN, sez. Roma “Tor Vergata”, 00133, Rome, Italy;IHEP, Chinese Academy, P.O. Box 918/3, 100039, Beijing, China;IHEP, Chinese Academy, P.O. Box 918/3, 100039, Beijing, China;University of Jing Gangshan, Jiangxi, China;INFN, sez. Roma “Tor Vergata”, 00133, Rome, Italy;INFN, sez. Roma “Tor Vergata”, 00133, Rome, Italy;Laboratorio Sperimentale Policentrico di Ingegneria Medica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy;INFN, sez. Roma, 00185, Rome, Italy;Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I.N.F.N., Assergi, Italy;

关键词: Dark Matter;    Modulation Amplitude;    Dark Matter Particle;    Annual Modulation;    Muon Flux;   

DOI  :  10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2064-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper gathers arguments and reasons why muons surviving the Gran Sasso mountain cannot mimic the Dark Matter annual modulation signature exploited by the DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA experiments. A number of these items have already been presented in individual papers. Further arguments have been addressed here in order to present a comprehensive collection and to enable a wider community to correctly approach this point.

【 授权许可】

CC BY