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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A
Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages 1445-1469Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X06030874
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Dark matter; axion-like particles; light bosons; underground physics
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In this paper another class of Dark Matter candidate particles - the pseudoscalar and scalar light bosonic candidates - is discussed. Particular care is devoted to the study of the processes for their detection (which only involves electrons and photons/X-rays) in a suitable underground experimental setup. For this purpose the needed calculations are developed and various related aspects and phenomenologies are discussed. In particular, it is shown that - in addition to the WIMP cases already discussed elsewhere - there is also possibility for a bosonic candidate to account for the 6.3 sigma C.L. model independent evidence for the presence of a particle DM component in the galactic halo observed by DAMA/NaI. Allowed regions in these scenarios are presented also paying particular care on the cosmological interest of the bosonic candidate.
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