Searching for the Annual Modulation of Dark Matter signal with the GENIUS-TF experiment
arXiv:hep-ph/0306257 · doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01511-0
Abstract
The annual modulation of the recoil spectrum observed in an underground detector is well known as the main signature of a possible WIMP signal. The GENIUS-TF experiment, under construction in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, can search for the annual modulation of the Dark Matter signal using 40 kg of naked-Ge detectors in liquid nitrogen. Starting from a set of data simulated under the hypothesis of modulation and using different methods, we show the potential of GENIUS-TF for extracting the modulated signal and the expected WIMP mass and WIMP cross section.
arXiv commentIn press, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2003) and in Proc. of IDM2002, York Minster, England, 2-6 September, 2002, World Scientific 2003
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