CRESST cryogenic dark matter search
The CRESST Phase II experiment at Gran Sasso is using 300 g scintillating CaWO4 crystals as absorbers for direct WIMP (weakly interactive massive particles) detection. The phonon signal in the CaWO4 crystal is registered in coincidence with the light signal, which is measured with a separate cryogen...
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author | Cozzini, C Angloher, G Bucci, C von Feilitzsch, F Frank, T Hauff, D Henry, S Jagemann, T Jochum, J Kraus, H Majorovits, B Ninkovic, J Petricca, F Probst, F Ramachers, Y Rau, W Razeti, M Seidel, W Stark, M Stodolsky, L Uchaikin, S Wulandari, H |
author_facet | Cozzini, C Angloher, G Bucci, C von Feilitzsch, F Frank, T Hauff, D Henry, S Jagemann, T Jochum, J Kraus, H Majorovits, B Ninkovic, J Petricca, F Probst, F Ramachers, Y Rau, W Razeti, M Seidel, W Stark, M Stodolsky, L Uchaikin, S Wulandari, H |
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description | The CRESST Phase II experiment at Gran Sasso is using 300 g scintillating CaWO4 crystals as absorbers for direct WIMP (weakly interactive massive particles) detection. The phonon signal in the CaWO4 crystal is registered in coincidence with the light signal, which is measured with a separate cryogenic light detector. The absorber crystal and the silicon light detector are read out by tungsten superconducting phase transition thermometers (W-SPTs). As a result an active discrimination of the electron recoils against nuclear recoils is achieved. Results on the properties of the detector modules and on the WIMP sensitivity are presented. (C) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:46376e7b-3cb6-49bf-8efc-e3cf885161b42022-03-26T15:12:27ZCRESST cryogenic dark matter searchConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:46376e7b-3cb6-49bf-8efc-e3cf885161b4Symplectic Elements at Oxford2005Cozzini, CAngloher, GBucci, Cvon Feilitzsch, FFrank, THauff, DHenry, SJagemann, TJochum, JKraus, HMajorovits, BNinkovic, JPetricca, FProbst, FRamachers, YRau, WRazeti, MSeidel, WStark, MStodolsky, LUchaikin, SWulandari, HThe CRESST Phase II experiment at Gran Sasso is using 300 g scintillating CaWO4 crystals as absorbers for direct WIMP (weakly interactive massive particles) detection. The phonon signal in the CaWO4 crystal is registered in coincidence with the light signal, which is measured with a separate cryogenic light detector. The absorber crystal and the silicon light detector are read out by tungsten superconducting phase transition thermometers (W-SPTs). As a result an active discrimination of the electron recoils against nuclear recoils is achieved. Results on the properties of the detector modules and on the WIMP sensitivity are presented. (C) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. |
spellingShingle | Cozzini, C Angloher, G Bucci, C von Feilitzsch, F Frank, T Hauff, D Henry, S Jagemann, T Jochum, J Kraus, H Majorovits, B Ninkovic, J Petricca, F Probst, F Ramachers, Y Rau, W Razeti, M Seidel, W Stark, M Stodolsky, L Uchaikin, S Wulandari, H CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title | CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title_full | CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title_fullStr | CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title_full_unstemmed | CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title_short | CRESST cryogenic dark matter search |
title_sort | cresst cryogenic dark matter search |
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