On a further search for a yearly modulation of the rate in particle Dark Matter direct search

The results achieved with a statistics of 14962 kg . day, collected with the large mass highly radiopure DAMA NaI(TI) set-up, are described and investigated in terms of WIMP annual modulation signature. A maximum likelihood analysis of these data, combined with the statistics of 4549 kg day previously published (total statistics of 19511 kg . day), favours the hypothesis of presence of an annual modulation at 99.6% C.L. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.