Publications (10)
The CRESST Experiment: Recent Results and Prospects
P. Di Stefano, M. Bruckmayer, C. Bucci +20
The CRESST experiment seeks hypothetical WIMP particles that could account for the bulk of dark matter in the Universe. The detectors are cryogenic calorimeters in which WIMPs woul…
Detection of the Natural Alpha Decay of Tungsten
C. Cozzini, G. Angloher, C. Bucci +21
The natural alpha decay of 180W has been unambiguously detected for the first time. The alpha peak is found in a (gamma,beta and neutron)-free background spectrum. This has been ac…
Results and plans of the CRESST dark matter search
M. Altmann, G. Angloher, M. Bruckmayer +20
Data taken by CRESST in 2000 with a cryogenic detector system based on 262 g sapphire crystals is used to place limits on WIMP dark matter in the Galactic Halo. The detector is esp…
Study on Neutron-induced Background in the CRESST Experiment
H. Wulandari, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Huber +8
CRESST II is an experiment for direct WIMP search, using cryogenic detectors. The ratio of the two signals (temperature rise and scintillation light) measured for each interaction…
Construction and Measurements of an Improved Vacuum-Swing-Adsorption Radon-Mitigation System
J. Street, R. Bunker, C. Dunagan +5
In order to reduce backgrounds from radon-daughter plate-out onto detector surfaces, an ultra-low-radon cleanroom is being commissioned at the South Dakota School of Mines and Tech…
The CRESST Dark Matter Search
B. Majorovits, G. Angloher, C. Bucci +23
We present first competitive results on WIMP dark matter using the phonon-light-detection technique. A particularly strong limit for WIMPs with coherent scattering results from sel…
High-frame rate, fast neutron imaging of two-phase flow in a thin rectangular channel
R. Zboray, I. Mor, V. Dangendorf +4
We have demonstrated the feasibility of performing high-frame-rate, fast neutron radiography of air-water two-phase flows in a thin channel with rectangular cross section. The expe…
Discovery of the Orbit of the Transient X ray Pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545
A. Baykal, M. Stark, J. Swank
Using X-ray data from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), we carried out pulse timing analysis of the transient X-ray pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545. An outburst was detected by All S…
Limits on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression
G. Angloher, C. Bucci, P. Christ +21
We present first significant limits on WIMP dark matter by the phonon-light technique, where combined phonon and light signals from a scintillating cryogenic detector are used. Dat…
51 Eri and GJ 3305: A 10-15 Myr old binary star system at 30 parsecs
E. D. Feigelson, W. A. Lawson, M. Stark +5
Following the suggestion of Zuckerman et al. (2001, ApJ, 562, L87), we consider the evidence that 51 Eri (spectral type F0) and GJ 3305 (M0), historically classified as unrelated m…