DAMA/LIBRA FINDINGS URGE REPLACEMENT OF THE WIMP HYPOTHESES BY THE DAEMON PARADIGM AS A BASIS FOR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF DM 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.