Speaker
Description
ANAIS (annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a dark matter direct detection experiment
located at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC, Spain).
Its main goal is to test in a model independent way the DAMA/LIBRA
positive result: an annual modulation in the low-energy detection rate compatible
with the expected signal induced by WIMPs in the galactic halo.
ANAIS-112, consisting of 112.5 kg of NaI(Tl) scintillators,
was installed at the LSC in August 2017. In this talk I will present the performance
of the detector and preliminary results corresponding
to 2 years of data. These results are compatible with the absence of modulation
and in some tension with DAMA/LIBRA result. Moreover, they support our goal of reaching
a 3$\sigma$ sensitivity to the DAMA/LIBRA result with about 5 years of data.
