No role for muons in the DAMA annual modulation results
R. Bernabei (1), P. Belli (1), F. Cappella (2), V. Caracciolo (3), R., Cerulli (3), C. J. Dai (4), A. d'Angelo (2), A. Di Marco (1), H. L. He (4),, A. Incicchitti (2), X. H. Ma (4), F. Montecchia (1,5), X. D. Sheng (4), R. G., Wang (4), Z. P. Ye (4,6) ((1) Univ.
TL;DR
This paper argues that muons cannot account for the DAMA experiment's observed annual modulation signal, providing a comprehensive collection of reasons to clarify this misconception for the scientific community.
Contribution
It offers a thorough compilation of arguments demonstrating that muons are not responsible for the DAMA annual modulation, clarifying a common misconception.
Findings
Muons cannot mimic DAMA's annual modulation signature.
Multiple independent arguments exclude muons as the cause.
The paper consolidates evidence against muon-related explanations.
Abstract
This paper gathers arguments and reasons why muons surviving the Gran Sasso mountain cannot mimic the Dark Matter annual modulation signature exploited by the DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA experiments. A number of these items have already been presented in individual papers. Further arguments have been addressed here in order to present a comprehensive collection and to enable a wider community to correctly approach this point.
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