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The main features of the highly radiopure ≃ 100 kg NaI(Tl) set-up, searching for particle dark matter deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of INFN, are described in some details.
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Bernabei, R., Belli, P., Montecchia, F. et al. Performances of the ≃ 100 kg NaI(Tl) set-up of the DAMA experiment at Gran Sasso. Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996) 112, 545–575 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035868
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