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More on molecular excitations: Dark matter detection in ice

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arxiv 1605.09405 v4 pith:WFMFRQCW submitted 2016-05-30 physics.ins-det astro-ph.GAastro-ph.IM

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In this paper we investigate di-atomic molecules embedded in ice crystals under strain. In this environment coherent vibrations of many OH-bonds may be generated by one WIMP collision. The detection of such multiple-photon signals may provide a signature of a 100~GeV/c${^2}$ WIMP. To do a proper lab test of WIMP-induced multi-photon emission is very difficult. We suggest that Ice Cube make a search for multi-photon events, and investigate whether the rate of such events exhibits yearly modulation.

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