DAMA/LIBRA findings urge replacement of the WIMP hypotheses by the daemon paradigm as a basis for experimental studies of DM objects

TL;DR

This paper proposes replacing the WIMP dark matter hypothesis with the daemon paradigm, explaining DAMA/LIBRA experimental results through interactions involving negative daemons, and suggests modifications to detection experiments to test this new model.

Contribution

It introduces the daemon paradigm as an alternative to WIMPs for dark matter, offering a new explanation for DAMA/LIBRA results and proposing experimental modifications to validate this approach.

Findings

DAMA/LIBRA events may be caused by c-daemons interacting with iodine ions.

The daemon model predicts specific scintillation signatures in modified experiments.

Independent results could refine the understanding of dark matter objects.

Abstract

The simplest version of the daemon paradigm suggests the modulated 2-6-keV range events in DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA detectors are caused by the iodine ions knocked out elastically by the electrically neutral c-daemons moving with V = 30-50 km/s (c-daemon is a complex of negative daemon located in a remainder of formerly captured nucleus where the daemon decomposes nucleons one by one with ~10^-6 s mean interval). Furthermore, after the 2-6 keV event occurred, in subsequent ~10^-6 s, the c-daemon (which becomes negative during this time) recaptures new nucleus with resulting scintillations in ~10 MeV range! The last possibility was so far overlooked in the experiments as it did not stem from WIMP hypotheses. A modification of the NaI(Tl) experiments is suggested for revealing the effect described. Independently of the outcome, any obtained result will be important for refining the daemon paradigm further on.