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Mirror dark matter explanation of the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II data

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2012-11-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Dark matter might reside in a hidden sector which contains an unbroken U(1)U(1)' gauge interaction kinetically mixed with standard U(1)YU(1)_Y. Mirror dark matter provides a well motivated example of such a theory. We show that the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II experiments can be simultaneously explained within this hidden sector framework. An experiment in the Southern Hemisphere is needed to test this explanation via a diurnal modulation signal.

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@article{arxiv.1211.1500,
  title  = {Mirror dark matter explanation of the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II data},
  author = {R. Foot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.1500},
  year   = {2012}
}

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6 pages, Talk given at ICHEP2012