POTENTIAL OF THE GENIUS-TF EXPERIMENT FOR SEARCHING THE ANNUAL MODULATION OF THE DARK MATTER SIGNAL
The annual modulation of the recoil spectrum observed in an underground detector is well known as the main signature of a possible WIMP signal.
The GENIUS-TF experiment, under construction in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, can search for the annual modulation of the Dark Matter signal using 40 kg of naked-Ge detectors in liquid nitrogen. The parameter range correspondent to the recent evidence for Cold Dark Matter observed by the DAMA experiment can be explored within a few years of measurement.