No role for muons in the DAMA annual modulation results

R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella, V. Caracciolo, R. Cerulli, C. J. Dai, A. d'Angelo, A. Di Marco, H. L. He, A. Incicchitti, X. H. Ma, F. Montecchia, X. D. Sheng, R. G. Wang, Z. P. Ye

Published 2012-02-19, updated 2012-06-25Version 3

This paper gathers arguments and reasons why muons surviving the Gran Sasso mountain cannot mimic the Dark Matter annual modulation signature exploited by the DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA experiments. A number of these items have already been presented in individual papers. Further arguments have been addressed here in order to present a comprehensive collection and to enable a wider community to correctly approach this point.