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Prospects for detection of target-dependent annual modulation in direct dark matter searches
Eugenio Del Nobile, Graciela B. Gelmini, Samuel J. Witte
Earth's rotation about the Sun produces an annual modulation in the expected scattering rate at direct dark matter detection experiments. The annual modulation as a function of the…
Millicharge or Decay: A Critical Take on Minimal Dark Matter
Eugenio Del Nobile, Marco Nardecchia, Paolo Panci
Minimal Dark Matter (MDM) is a theoretical framework highly appreciated for its minimality and yet its predictivity. Of the two only viable candidates singled out in the original a…
Gravitational Focusing and Substructure Effects on the Rate Modulation in Direct Dark Matter Searches
Eugenio Del Nobile, Graciela B. Gelmini, Samuel J. Witte
We study how gravitational focusing (GF) of dark matter by the Sun affects the annual and biannual modulation of the expected signal in non-directional direct dark matter searches,…
Reevaluation of spin-dependent WIMP-proton interactions as an explanation of the DAMA data
Eugenio Del Nobile, Graciela B. Gelmini, Andreea Georgescu +1
We reexamine the interpretation of the annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA experiment as due to WIMPs with a spin-dependent coupling mostly to protons. We consider both a…