REMARKS ON DIRECT SEARCHES FOR COLD DARK MATTER CANDIDATES

被引:5
作者
COLLAR, JI
AVIGNONE, FT
BRODZINSKI, RL
GARCIA, E
MILEY, HS
MORALES, A
MORALES, J
NUNEZLAGOS, R
PUIMEDON, J
REEVES, JH
SAENZ, C
SALINAS, A
SARSA, ML
VILLAR, JA
机构
[1] PACIFIC NW LAB, RICHLAND, WA 99352 USA
[2] UNIV ZARAGOZA, INST FIS NUCL & ATLAS ENERGIAS, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
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10.1016/0920-5632(93)90160-8
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
The interpretation of Germanium detector searches for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is revised in the light of realistic expectations about the galactic halo composition and density. Experimental bounds are relaxed on heavy Dirac neutrinos, especially in the cosmologically important mass region m(nu) is similar to O (1-10) TeV. Particles in this range of masses remain experimentally unbounded, yet tantalizingly close to the present sensitivity of ultralow background Ge detectors. Searching data for modulations characteristic of CDM could lead to unequivocal detection.
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页码:377 / 384
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