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ANAIS-112三年暴露的年度调节结果

Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112

J. Amare, S. Cebrian, D. Cintas, I. Coarasa, E. Garcia, M. Martinez, M. A. Olivan, Y. Ortigoza, A. Ortiz de Solorzano, J. Puimedon, A. Salinas, M. L. Sarsa, P. Villar

摘要:

ANAIS(Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators)是一项暗物质直接探测实验,由112.5 kg NaI(Tl)探测器组成,自2017年8月以来在西班牙Canfranc地下实验室(LSC)运行。ANAIS的目标是以一种独立于模型的方式证实或反驳DAMA/LIBRA的阳性结果:低能探测率的年度调制具有标准星系晕中暗物质粒子诱导信号的所有预期特征。这种调制,观察了大约20年,是在强烈的张力与其他非常敏感的实验的负面结果,但仍然缺乏一个独立的模型比较。通过使用相同的靶材料NaI(Tl),这种比较更直接,几乎不依赖于暗物质粒子和晕模型。在这里,我们提出了对应于3年ANAIS数据的年度调制分析(有效暴露量为313.95 kg $\times$ y),采用盲法程序,更新了1.5年分析的结果,后来应用于2年。该分析还改进了利率区域拟合的背景建模。我们得到了[1-6] keV的最佳拟合([2-6] keV)能量区域a调制幅度为-0.0034 $\pm$ 0.0042 cpd/kg/keV(0.0003 $\pm$ 0.0037 cpd/kg/keV),支持我们的数据中不存在调制,并且与3.3的DAMA/LIBRA结果不一致(2.6)$σ$,灵敏度为2.5(2.7)$σ$。此外,我们还包括两个互补的分析:无相位的年度调制搜索和在其他频率的周期性信号的可能存在的探索。最后,我们对我们的结果进行了几次一致性检查,并更新了ANAIS-112计划的5年运行灵敏度。

英文摘要:

ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a dark matter direct detection experiment consisting of 112.5 kg of NaI(Tl) detectors in operation at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), in Spain, since August 2017. ANAIS' goal is to confirm or refute in a model independent way the DAMA/LIBRA positive result: an annual modulation in the low-energy detection rate having all the features expected for the signal induced by dark matter particles in a standard galactic halo. This modulation, observed for about 20 years, is in strong tension with the negative results of other very sensitive experiments, but a model-independent comparison is still lacking. By using the same target material, NaI(Tl), such comparison is more direct and almost independent on dark matter particle and halo models. Here, we present the annual modulation analysis corresponding to three years of ANAIS data (for an effective exposure of 313.95 kg$\times$y), applying a blind procedure which updates that developed for the 1.5 years analysis, and later applied to 2 years. The analysis also improves the background modelling in the fitting of the region of interest rates. We obtain for the best fit in the [1-6] keV ([2-6] keV) energy region a modulation amplitude of -0.0034$\pm$0.0042 cpd/kg/keV (0.0003$\pm$0.0037 cpd/kg/keV), supporting the absence of modulation in our data, and incompatible with DAMA/LIBRA result at 3.3 (2.6) $σ$, for a sensitivity of 2.5 (2.7) $σ$. Moreover, we include two complementary analyses: a phase-free annual modulation search and the exploration of the possible presence of a periodic signal at other frequencies. Finally, we carry out several consistency checks of our result, and we update the ANAIS-112 projected sensitivity for the scheduled 5 years of operation.

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