The DAMA/LIBRA experiment (∼ 250 kg of highly radio-pure NaI(Tl)) is running deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N. Here we briefly recall the results obtained in its first phase of measurements (DAMA/LIBRA--phase1, total exposure: 1.04 ton × yr). DAMA/LIBRA--phase1 and the former DAMA/NaI (cumulative exposure: 1.33 ton × yr) give evidence at 9.3 σ C.L. for the presence of DM particles in the galactic halo by exploiting the model-independent DM annual modulation signature. No systematic or side reaction able to mimic the exploited DM signature has been found or suggested by anyone over more than a decade. At present DAMA/LIBRA--phase2 is running with increased sensitivity.
@article{arxiv.1612.01387,
title = {DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives},
author = {R. Bernabei and P. Belli and S. d'Angelo and A. Di Marco and F. Montecchia and A. d'Angelo and A. Incicchitti and F. Cappella and V. Caracciolo and R. Cerulli and C. J. Dai and H. L. He and H. H. Kuang and X. H. Ma and X. D. Sheng and R. G. Wang and Z. P. Ye},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.01387},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Proceedings to the 19th Workshop "What Comes Beyond the Standard Models", Bled, July 11. -- 19., 2016