Has DAMA Detected Self-Interacting Dark Matter?

Preprint

15 June 2005

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0409121

Abstract

We consider a model in which dark matter consists of a large self-interacting component (SIDM particles) and a small component with strong interactions with baryons (SIMPs). We show that the DAMA annual modulation signal can be caused by SIDM particles interacting with SIMPs trapped in iodine nuclei in the DAMA/NaI detector.

Keywords

INTERACTING DARK
SIDM PARTICLES
DAMA DETECTED
DARK MATTER
TRAPPED
IODINE
SIMPS

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Published version: Physical Review D, 71 (12).

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