Investigating Earth shadowing effect with DAMA/LIBRA-phase1
arXiv:1505.05336 · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3473-y
Abstract
In the present paper the results obtained in the investigation of possible diurnal effects for low-energy single-hit scintillation events of DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 (1.04 ton yr exposure) have been analysed in terms of an effect expected in case of Dark Matter (DM) candidates inducing nuclear recoils and having high cross-section with ordinary matter, which implies low DM local density in order to fulfill the DAMA/LIBRA DM annual modulation results. This effect is due to the different Earth depths crossed by those DM candidates during the sidereal day.
22 pages, 9 figures, 1 table; in publication on Eur. Phys. J. C
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