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Description
ANAIS-112 is a dark matter direct detection experiment utilizing sodium-iodide scintillating crystal detectors which was mounted to search for the annual modulation signal expected from dark matter in the Galactic Halo. Located in Canfranc Underground Laboratory in Spain, the experiment has published results which are consistent with no modulation. This strategy, however, may be expanded to search for modulation signals expected from solar particles. As the modulation would peak on January 3rd, when the Earth is closest to the Sun, the signal from solar particle events can be distinguished from other sources by fixing the modulation phase. This presentation explains the interaction channels sodium-iodide detectors would be sensitive to and presents preliminary results of our search for solar axions and solar dark photons which are consistent with no modulation from which exclusion limits are computed.
| Main Contribution topic | Direct detection |
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| Secondary contribution topic | Light Dark Matter |