The DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation signal and Dark Matter
by
Thomas Schwetz(Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK))
→
Europe/Stockholm
FB55
FB55
Description
I review the annual modulation signal observed and recently re-enforced
by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration. I discuss the status of explanations of
this signal in terms of Dark Matter (DM) scattering. I show that DM
spin-independent as well as spin-dependent scattering are in tension
with constraints from various other experiments. I discuss the
robustness of this result with respect to assumptions on the DM halo,
and mention alternative particle physics proposals to explain the
DAMA/LIBRA signal.
