Publications (8)
Muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search
The EDELWEISS collaboration, B. Schmidt, E. Armengaud +55
A dedicated analysis of the muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search has been performed on a data set acquired in 2009 and 2010. The total muon flux underground…
Tunable Superconducting Properties of a-NbSi Thin Films and Application to Detection in Astrophysics
O. Crauste, C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi, L. Berge +5
We report on the superconducting properties of amorphous NbxSi1-x thin films. The normal-state resistance and critical temperatures can be separately adjusted to suit the desired a…
Revealing topological Dirac fermions at the surface of strained HgTe thin films via Quantum Hall transport spectroscopy
C. Thomas, O. Crauste, B. Haas +7
We demonstrate evidences of electronic transport via topological Dirac surface states in a thin film of strained HgTe. At high perpendicular magnetic fields, we show that the elect…
Effect of annealing on the superconducting properties of a-Nb(x)Si(1-x) thin films
O. Crauste, A. Gentils, F. Couëdo +5
a-Nb(x)Si(1-x) thin films with thicknesses down to 25 Ã have been structurally characterized by TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) measurements. As-deposited or annealed films…
A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector
A. Broniatowski, X. Defay, E. Armengaud +40
A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background di…
Monitoring of the thermal neutron flux in the LSM underground laboratory
S. Rozov, E. Armengaud, C. Augier +42
This paper describes precise measurements of the thermal neutron flux in the LSM underground laboratory in proximity of the EDELWEISS-II dark matter search experiment together with…
Destruction of superconductivity in disordered materials : a dimensional crossover
O. Crauste, F. Couëdo, L. Bergé +2
The disorder-induced Superconductor-to-Insulator Transition in amorphous NbSi two-dimensional thin films is studied for different niobium compositions through a v…
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop "Radiopure Scintillators for EURECA" (RPScint'2008)
E. Armengau, M. Bauer, I. Bavykina +56
Workshop RPSCINT'2008 was organized in Kyiv (Ukraine) on 9th and 10th September 2008. The idea was to bring together physicists, chemists, crystal scintillator experts and manufact…