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Response of Mica to Weakly Interacting Massive Particles

J. Engel, M. T. Ressell, I. S. Towner, W. E Ormand

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9504322

Abstract

We calculate spin-dependent cross sections for the scattering from mica of hypothetical weakly interacting dark-matter particles such as neutralinos. The most abundant odd-A isotopes in mica, Al27 and K39, require different shell-model treatments. The calculated cross sections will allow the interpretation of ongoing experiments that look for tracks due to the interaction of dark-matter particles with nuclei in ancient mica.

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