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Probing DAMA/LIBRA in the full parameter space of WIMP effective models of inelastic scattering

We discuss the compatibility of the combined annual modulation effect measured by DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 and DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 with an explanation in terms of inelastic scattering events induced by the most general Galilean-invariant effective…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-05 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar

DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 in WIMP effective models

The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has recently released updated results from their search for the annual modulation signal expected from Dark Matter (DM) scattering in their NaI detectors. We have fitted the updated DAMA result for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-10 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

Comparison between DAMA/LIBRA and COSINE-100 in the light of Quenching Factors

There is a long standing debate about whether or not the annual modulation signal reported by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration is induced by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles~(WIMP) in the galaxy's dark matter halo scattering from nuclides…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-11-13 Y. J. Ko , K. W. Kim , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , G. S. Kim , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , E. K. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , W. A. Lynch , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Effective models of WIMP Direct Detection in DAMA/LIBRA-phase2

Since the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration released updated results from their search for the annual modulation signal expected from Dark Matter (DM) scattering in their NaI detectors, we have fitted the updated DAMA result for the modulation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-26 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

Proton-philic spin-dependent inelastic Dark Matter (pSIDM) as a viable explanation of DAMA/LIBRA-phase2

We show that the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle scenario of proton-philic spin-dependent inelastic Dark Matter (pSIDM) can still provide a viable explanation of the observed DAMA modulation amplitude in compliance with the constraints…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-02-13 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

COSINE-100 Full Dataset Challenges the Annual Modulation Signal of DAMA/LIBRA

For over 25 years, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has claimed to observe an annual modulation signal, suggesting the existence of dark matter interactions. However, no experiment employing different target materials has observed a dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-09 N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Inelastic dark matter with spin-dependent couplings to protons and large modulation fractions in DAMA

We discuss a scenario where the DAMA modulation effect is explained by a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) which upscatters inelastically to a heavier state and predominantly couples to the spin of protons. In this scenario…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-26 Stefano Scopel , KookHyun Yoon

Is a WIMP explanation of the DAMA modulation effect still viable?

We show that the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) scenario of proton-philic spin-dependent inelastic dark matter can still provide a viable explanation of the observed DAMA effect in compliance with the constraints from other…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-20 Gaurav Tomar , Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Jong-Hyun Yoon

A DAMA/Libra-phase2 analysis in terms of WIMP-quark and WIMP-gluon effective interactions up to dimension seven

We analyze the DAMA/Libra-phase2 modulation result using a basis of 16 effective operators describing the WIMP interaction with photons, gluons and quarks up to mass dimension seven. For each operator we fix the effective theory at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-28 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar

Limits on WIMP dark matter with NaI(Tl) crystals in three years of COSINE-100 data

We report limits on WIMP dark matter derived from three years of data collected by the COSINE-100 experiment with NaI(Tl) crystals, achieving an improved energy threshold of 0.7 keV. This lowered threshold enhances sensitivity in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-24 G. H. Yu , N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang

Three-year annual modulation search with COSINE-100

COSINE-100 is a direct detection dark matter experiment that aims to test DAMA/LIBRA's claim of dark matter discovery by searching for a dark matter-induced annual modulation signal with NaI(Tl) detectors. We present new constraints on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-01 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. J. Kwon , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

An induced annual modulation signature in COSINE-100 data by DAMA/LIBRA's analysis method

The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has reported the observation of an annual modulation in the event rate that has been attributed to dark matter interactions over the last two decades. However, even though tremendous efforts to detect similar…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-24 G. Adhikari , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , J. A. Nikkel , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Generalized spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus interactions and the DAMA modulation effect

Guided by non-relativistic Effective Field Theory (EFT) we classify the most general spin-dependent interactions between a fermionic Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) and nuclei, and within this class of models we discuss the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Stefano Scopel , Jong-Hyun Yoon , KookHyun Yoon

The New DAMA Dark-Matter Window and Energetic-Neutrino Searches

Recently, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has repeated and reinforced their claim to have detected an annual modulation in their signal rate, and have interpreted this observation as evidence for dark-matter particles at the 8.2 sigma…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-02-26 Dan Hooper , Frank Petriello , Kathryn M. Zurek , Marc Kamionkowski

DAMA and WIMP dark matter

We study whether spin-independent scattering of weakly-interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with nuclei can account for the annual modulation signal reported by DAMA. We consider both elastic and inelastic scattering processes. We find…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-05-29 Frank Petriello , Kathryn M. Zurek

An experiment to search for dark matter interactions using sodium iodide detectors

Observations of galaxies and primordial radiation suggest that the Universe is made mostly of non-luminous dark matter. Several types of new fundamental particles have been proposed as candidates for dark matter such as weakly interacting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-06 Govinda Adhikari , Pushparaj Adhikari , Estella Barbosa de Souza , Nelson Carlin , Seonho Choi , Mitra Djamal , Anthony C. Ezeribe , Chang Hyon Ha , Insik Hahn , Antonia J. F. Hubbard , Eunju Jeon , Jay Hyun Jo , Hanwool Joo , Woon Gu Kang , Woosik Kang , Matthew Kauer , Bonghee Kim , Hyounggyu Kim , Hongjoo Kim , Kyungwon Kim , Nam Young Kim , Sun Kee Kim , Yeongduk Kim , Yong-Hamb Kim , Young Ju Ko , Vitaly A. Kudryavtsev , Hyun Su Lee , Jaison Lee , Jooyoung Lee , Moo Hyun Lee , Douglas S. Leonard , Warren A. Lynch , Reina H. Maruyama , Frederic Mouton , Stephen L. Olsen , Byungju Park , Hyang Kyu Park , Hyeonseo Park , Jungsic Park , Kangsoon Park , Walter C. Pettus , Hafizh Prihtiadi , Sejin Ra , Carsten Rott , Andrew Scarff , Keon Ah Shin , Neil J. C. Spooner , William G. Thompson , Liang Yang , Seok Hyun Yong

Search for a Dark Matter-Induced Annual Modulation Signal in NaI(Tl) with the COSINE-100 Experiment

We present new constraints on the dark matter-induced annual modulation signal using 1.7 years, of COSINE-100 data with a total exposure of 97.7 kg$\cdot$years. The COSINE-100 experiment, consisting of 106 kg of NaI(Tl) target material, is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-26 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , W. Kang , M. Kauer , G. S. Kim , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , W. A. Lynch , R. H. Maruyama , F. Mouton , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Implications on Inelastic Dark Matter from 100 Live Days of XENON100 Data

The XENON100 experiment has recently completed a dark matter run with 100.9 live-days of data, taken from January to June 2010. Events in a 48kg fiducial volume in the energy range between 8.4 and 44.6 keVnr have been analyzed. A total of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-29 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , T. Bruch , G. Bruno , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , F. Gao , K. -L. Giboni , E. Gross , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Schumann , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Dark Matter implications of DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 results

Recently, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration released updated results from their search for the annual modulation signal from Dark Matter (DM) scattering in the detector. Besides approximately doubling the exposure of the DAMA/LIBRA data set, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-03 Sebastian Baum , Katherine Freese , Chris Kelso

Spin-independent elastic WIMP scattering and the DAMA annual modulation signal

We discuss the interpretation of the annual modulation signal seen in the DAMA experiment in terms of spin-independent elastic WIMP scattering. Taking into account channeling in the crystal as well as the spectral signature of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-12 Malcolm Fairbairn , Thomas Schwetz