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Performances of the ≃ 100 kg NaI(Tl) set-up of the DAMA experiment at Gran Sasso

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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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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” and INFN, Sezione Roma2, I-00133, Roma, Italy

    R. Bernabei, P. Belli & F. Montecchia

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and INFN, Sezione Roma, I-00185, Roma, Italy

    W. Di Nicolantonio, G. Ignesti, A. Incicchitti & D. Prosperi

  3. IHEP, Chinese Academy, P.O. Box 918/3, 100039, Beijing, China

    C. J. Dai, L. K. Ding, H. H. Kuang & J. M. Ma

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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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