Common origin of superluminal neutrinos and DAMA annual modulation

2013/03/29 by Gerald Xavier Gilbert-Thorple, Gilbert-Thorple, Gerald Xavier, Jôsé J. Jesus +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.0038

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Abstract

We suggest that the recently observed superluminal neutrino propagation observed by OPERA may have an environmental origin that can simultaneously explain the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation. Our proposal can be unambiguously tested by the prediction that OPERA will also observe an annual modulation in the speed of neutrinos. Experiments geographically distant from Gran Sasso will however not be able to observe these effects. We do not rely upon any violation of Lorentz symmetry except for spontaneous breaking of translational invariance. We discuss implications for the CRESST experiment, also located at Gran Sasso.

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