A search for the dark matter annual modulation in South Pole ice

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 749-754

  Cherwinka, J ^a   Co, R ^b,g   Cowen, D F ^c   Grant, D ^d   Halzen, F ^e   Heeger, K M ^e   Hsu, L ^b   Karle, A ^e   Kudryavtsev, V A ^f   Maruyama, R ^e   Pettus, W ^e   Robinson, M ^f   Spooner, N J C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e University of Sheffield ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual modulation; DAMA; Dark matter; Direct detection; South Pole

Indexed keywords

DAMA; DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; DIRECT DETECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH POLE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

EXPERIMENTS; MODULATION; POLES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84860729143     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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