Attenuation through the Earth and resulting modulation signal (nb: likely an intensive theoretical task)
Understanding of influence of usual detector effects
Influence of energy thresholds
Influence of geographical position
Influence of a particular target (NaI and/or LAB)

Planning

Process	Info	Signature	Selection	Background rate	Limits on signal rate	Limits on model parameters	Current limits

Theo

Exp

Inelastic scattering of BDM as investigated by COSINE-100	See below papers.	High energy interactions in both LS and NaI	Energy of the LS > 4 MeV No tagged muons Total energy of the NaI > 4 MeV No alpha events in the NaI	The background muon flux can mimic the BDM signal. Total expected muon flux = 3.7e-8 cm^-2s^-1 (from Guangyong) Approximate area of the experiment is = 81.210⁴cm² Giving a total muon flux of = 308.88 counts/day or 336034 counts over 3 years.	limit = 1.645 * sqrt(2*bg) = 1348 counts over 3 years = 1.23 counts/day Note: This is a very pessimistic estimate and the muon detectors should tag a significant number of these muons, reducing the background. Better estimates/simulations of the muon background and veto efficiency can further refine this limit.	Theo	Theo

Reference material

...