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arxiv: 0807.3758 · v1 · submitted 2008-07-23 · ✦ hep-ph

Searching direction dependent daily modulation in dark matter detectors

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keywords channelingmodulationswimpdailydetectorsdirectionrecoilsearching
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Channeling of recoil ions in various crystals strongly depends on their direction. This, along with the WIMP wind due to the rotation of the galactic disc generates {\it daily} modulations of the channeling. Since channeling affect the characteristics of the WIMP induced recoil events these modulations may be observed in single crystal detectors and serve as a WIMP signature. We suggest in particular searching for such modulations in the DAMA scintillation data.

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