The DAMA project operates as an observatory for rare processes, located deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. The main apparatus, DAMA/LIBRA, is investigating the presence of Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo by exploiting the model independent DM annual modulation signature. The present DAMA/LIBRA and the former DAMA/NaI (exposed masses: ≃ 250 kg and ≃ 100 kg of highly radiopure NaI(Tl), respectively) experiments have released so far a total exposure of 1.17 ton x yr, collected over 13 annual cycles. They have obtained a positive model independent result for the presence of DM particles in the galactic halo at 8.9 σ C.L. The main results are here briefly summarised and the future perspectives are considered.
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Bernabei, R., Belli, P., Cappella, F., Caracciolo, V., Cerulli, R., Dai, C. J., … Ye, Z. P. (2012). DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 375). Institute of Physics Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/012002
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