The DAMA/LIBRA experiment, running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. in Italy, has a sensitive mass of about 250 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl). It is mainly devoted to the investigation of Dark Matter (DM) particles in the Galactic halo by exploiting the model independent DM annual modulation signature. The present DAMA/LIBRA experiment and the former DAMA/NaI one (the first generation experiment having an exposed mass of about 100 kg) have released so far results corresponding to a total exposure of 1.17 ton yr over 13 annual cycles. They provide a model independent evidence of the presence of DM particles in the galactic halo at 8.9 sigma C.L.. A short summary of the obtained results is presented and future perspectives of the experiment mentioned.
@article{arxiv.1301.6243,
title = {DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives},
author = {R. Bernabei and P. Belli and A. Di Marco and F. Cappella and A. d'Angelo and A. Incicchitti and V. Caracciolo and R. Cerulli and C. J. Dai and H. L. He and X. H. Ma and X. D. Sheng and R. G. Wang and F. Montecchia and Z. P. Ye},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.6243},
year = {2013}
}
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12 pages, Proceed. of the 15th Bled Workshop "What Comes Beyond Standard Models" (December 2012), Vol. 13, No. 2