Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2011-10-13
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
About 20 pages, minor changes, matches published version
Scientific paper
Mirror and more generic hidden sector dark matter models can simultaneously explain the DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST dark matter signals consistently with the null results of the other experiments. This type of dark matter can be captured by the Earth and shield detectors because it is self-interacting. This effect will lead to a diurnal modulation in dark matter detectors. We estimate the size of this effect for dark matter detectors in various locations. For a detector located in the northern hemisphere, this effect is expected to peak in April and can be detected for optimistic parameter choices. The diurnal variation is expected to be much larger for detectors located in the southern hemisphere. In particular, if the CoGeNT detector were moved to e.g. Sierra Grande, Argentina then a $5 \sigma$ dark matter discovery would be possible in around 30 days of operation.
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