Velocity distributions and annual-modulation signatures of weakly-interacting massive particles
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Velocity distributions and annual-modulation signatures of weakly-interacting massive particles
An annual modulation in the event rate of the NaI detector of the Dama collaboration has been used to infer the existence of particle dark matter in the Galactic halo. Bounds on the WIMP mass and WIMP-nucleon cross section have been derived. These analyses have assumed that the local dark-matter velocity distribution is either isotropic or has some bulk rotation. Here we consider the effects of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of High Energy Physics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/03/049