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ANAIS-112
ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a dark matter direct detection experiment located at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), in Spain, operated by a team of researchers of the CAPA at the University of Zaragoza. ANAIS' goal is to confirm or refute in a model independent way the :en:DAMA/LIBRA, DAMA/LIBRA experiment positive result: an annual modulation in the low-energy detection rate having all the features expected for the signal induced by weakly interacting dark matter particles (:en:Weakly interacting massive particles, WIMPs) in a standard galactic :en:Galactic halo, halo. This modulation is produced as a result of the Earth rotation around the Sun. A modulation with all the characteristic of a :en:Dark matter, Dark Matter (DM) signal has been observed for about 20 years by DAMA/LIBRA, but it is in strong tension with the negative results of other DM direct detection experiments. Compatibility among the different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The DAMA/LIBRA experiment is a particle detector experiment designed to detect dark matter using the Dark matter#Direct detection, direct detection approach, by using a matrix of Sodium iodide#Thallium-doped NaI(Tl) scintillators, NaI(Tl) scintillator, scintillation detectors to detect dark matter particles in the galactic halo. The experiment aims to find an annual modulation of the number of detection events, caused by the variation of the velocity of the detector relative to the dark matter halo as the Earth orbits the Sun. It is located underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. It is a follow-on to the DAMA/NaI experiment which observed an annual modulation signature over 7 annual cycles (1995-2002). The experiment was first proposed by Dr. Pierluigi Belli, who is now the research director of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics. While DAMA/LIBRA has published exciting results, the validity of those results has been widely disputed; they h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
