1995/01/01 by J. I. Collar, F. T. Avignone, F. T. Avignone III
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #astro-ph #hep-ph #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0927-6505(94)00023-v
published as Astropart.Phys. 3 (1995) 37 · Compressed PostScript, 27 pages, 8 figures included (Astropart. Phys., in press)
openalex publication_date 1995/01/01 · arxiv created 1995/05/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Nuclear recoil cascades induced by Cold Dark Matter (CDM) elastic scattering can produce the ejection of target atoms from solid surfaces. We calculate the yield and energy distribution of these sputtered atoms in a variety of materials. These parameters would suffer a large diurnal modulation induced by the rotation of the Earth and its motion through the galactic halo. Schemes for the detection of this unique CDM signature are proposed.