Results and status of the CRESST experiment

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/39/1/016

Results and status of the CRESST experiment

W Rau et al 2006 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 39 75-81 doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/39/1/016

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W Rau¹, G Angloher², I Bavykina², M Bauer³, C Bucci⁴, P Christ², C Coppi¹, C Cozzini⁵, F von Feilitzsch¹, D Hau², S Henry⁵, C Isaila¹, T Jagemann³, J Jochum³, M Kimmerle³, J Koenig¹, H Kraus⁵, B Majorovits⁵, V Mikhailik⁵, J Ninković², E Pantić², F Petricca², W Potzel¹, F Pröbst², Y Ramachers⁶, M Razeti¹, K Rottler³, S Scholl³, W Seidel², M Stark¹, L Stodolsky², A J B Tolhurst⁵, W Westphal¹ and H Wulandari¹
¹ Physik Department E15, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße, D-85748 Garching, Germany
² Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, D-80805 Munich, Germany
³ Physikalisches Institut I, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
⁴ Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, Italy
⁵ Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
⁶ University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
E-mail: Wolfgang.Rau@ph.tum.de

Abstract. CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) employs cryogenic detectors for the direct search for weakly interacting massive dark matter particles (WIMPs). In the second phase of the experiment scintillating calcium tungstate crystals are used to discriminate background by means of different light yield for background and WIMP signals. After first results with this novel technique have been obtained, the experimental setup is being upgraded for further background reduction and larger target mass. The results and present status of the experiment will be presented.

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