WIMP velocity impact on direct dark matter searches

被引:45
作者
Brhlik, M [1 ]
Roszkowski, L
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Randall Lab Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Lancaster, Dept Phys, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England
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10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01048-5
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We examine the effect of some uncertainties in the input astrophysical parameters on direct detection searches for WIMPs in the Galactic halo. We concentrate on the possible WIMP annual modulation signal recently reported by the DAMA Collaboration. We find that allowing for a reasonable uncertainty in a WIMP Maxwellian velocity distribution leads to significantly relaxed constraints on the WIMP mass as compared to the original DAMA analysis. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:303 / 310
页数:8
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