Tests on NaI(Tl) crystals for WIMP search at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory

K.W. Kim , W.G. Kang , S.Y. Oh , P. Adhikari , J.H. So , N.Y. Kim , H.S. Lee , S. Choi

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I.S. Hahn E.J. Jeon H.W. Joo B.H. Kim H.J. Kim Y.D. Kim Y.H. Kim J.K. Lee D.S. Leonard J. Li S.L. Olsen H.S. Park

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Among the direct search experiments for WIMP dark matter, the DAMA experiment observed an annual modulation signal interpreted as WIMP interactions with 9.2$\sigma$ significance. However, this result is contradictory with other direct search experiments reporting null signals in the same parameter space allowed by the DAMA observation, necessitating clarification of the origin of the modulation signal observed using the NaI(Tl) crystals of the DAMA experiment independently. Here, we report the first results of NaI(Tl) crystal measurement at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory to grow ultra-low-background NaI(Tl) crystal detectors.

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Tests on NaI(Tl) crystals for WIMP search at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory

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