SABRE – A test of DAMA with high-purity NaI(Tl) crystals

• DOI: 10.1063/1.4927983
• Publication Date: 2015-08-17T17:01:27Z
• Authors: Jingke Xu; Frank Calaprice; Francis Froborg; Emily Shields; Burkhant Suerfu
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

The dark matter claim by DAMA is both significant and controversial. Several experiments have claimed to rule out DAMA/LIBRA, but the comparisons are made based on halo matter-interaction models that currently unknown. Therefore, an unambiguous test of DAMA/LIBRA best using NaI(Tl) crystals with lower residual background than SABRE experiment designed achieve this goal. In paper we will discuss development high-purity detectors, progress toward testing DAMA/LIBRA.