Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter

Chang, Spencer; Lang, Rafael F.; Weiner, Neal

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011301

Title: Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter

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Authors:: Chang, Spencer; Lang, Rafael F.; Weiner, Neal

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1101343

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Chang, Spencer, Lang, Rafael F., and Weiner, Neal. Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011301.

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                    Chang, Spencer, Lang, Rafael F., & Weiner, Neal. Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011301

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                    Chang, Spencer, Lang, Rafael F., and Weiner, Neal. Wed .  
"Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011301.

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  title        = {Effect of Thallium Impurities in the DAMA Experiment on the Allowed Parameter Space for Inelastic Dark Matter},

  author       = {Chang, Spencer and Lang, Rafael F. and Weiner, Neal},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011301},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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  volume       = 106,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2011},

  month        = {Wed Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2011}

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