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arxiv: 1409.3185 · v1 · pith:NOW4KZ2Dnew · submitted 2014-09-10 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· hep-ex· nucl-ex

Comment on "Fitting the annual modulation in DAMA with neutrons from muons and neutrinos''

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph.COhep-exnucl-ex
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We estimate rates of solar neutrino-induced neutrons in a DAMA/LIBRA-like detector setup, and find that the needed contribution to explain the annual modulation would require neutrino-induced neutron cross sections several orders of magnitude larger than current calculations indicate. Although these cross sections have never been measured, it is likely that the solar-neutrino effect on DAMA/LIBRA is negligible.

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