Wimps Search by Scintillators: Possible Strategy for Annual Modulation Search with Large-mass Highly-radiopure Nai(tl)
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The DAMA experiments are running deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Several interesting results have been achieved so far. Here a maximum likelihood method to search for the WIMP annual modulation signature is discussed and applied to a set of preliminary test data collected with large mass highly radiopure NaI(Tl) detectors. Various related technical arguments are briefly addressed.
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