Publications (29)
Results on light dark matter particles with a low-threshold CRESST-II detector
The CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, A. Bento +38
The CRESST-II experiment uses cryogenic detectors to search for nuclear recoil events induced by the elastic scattering of dark matter particles in CaWO crystals. Given the low…
Performance of a Large Area Photon Detector For Rare Event Search Applications
CPD Collaboration, C. W. Fink, S. L. Watkins +15
We present the design and characterization of a large-area Cryogenic PhotoDetector (CPD) designed for active particle identification in rare event searches, such as neutrinoless do…
The CRESST Dark Matter Search - Status and Perspectives
The CRESST Collaboration, F. Reindl, G. Angloher +38
In the past years the spotlight of the search for dark matter particles widened to the low mass region, both from theoretical and experimental side. We discuss results from data ob…
Cryogenic silicon detectors with implanted contacts for the detection of visible photons using the Neganov-Luke Effect
X. Defay, E. Mondragon, M. Willers +11
There is a common need in astroparticle experiments such as direct dark matter detection, 0ν\b{eta}\b{eta} (double beta decay without emission of neutrinos) and Coherent Neutrino…
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…
Low-Temperature Relative Reflectivity Measurements of Reflective and Scintillating Foils used in Rare Event Searches
A. Langenkämper, A. Ulrich, X. Defay +13
In this work we investigate the reflectivity of highly reflective multilayer polymer foils used in the CRESST experiment. The CRESST experiment searches directly for dark matter vi…
Performance of a CRESST-II Detector Module with True -veto
G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento +42
Scintillating, cryogenic bolometers are widely used in the field of rare event searches. Their main advantages are an excellent energy resolution and particle identification on an…
Characterization of CRYO ASIC for charge readout in the nEXO experiment
Z. Li, M. Yu, E. Angelico +141
nEXO is a proposed next-generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe using a tonne-scale liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber (TPC). T…
Limits on Dark Matter Effective Field Theory Parameters with CRESST-II
G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento +42
CRESST is a direct dark matter search experiment, aiming for an observation of nuclear recoils induced by the interaction of dark matter particles with cryogenic scintillating calc…
Limits on momentum-dependent asymmetric dark matter with CRESST-II
G. Angloher, A. Bento, C. Bucci +37
The usual assumption in direct dark matter searches is to only consider the spin-dependent or spin-independent scattering of dark matter particles. However, especially in models wi…
First results on sub-GeV spin-dependent dark matter interactions with Li
A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher, P. Bauer +53
In this work, we want to highlight the potential of lithium as a target for spin-dependent dark matter search in cryogenic experiments, with a special focus on the low-mass region…
First results from the CRESST-III low-mass dark matter program
CRESST Collaboration, A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher +47
The CRESST experiment is a direct dark matter search which aims to measure interactions of potential dark matter particles in an earth-bound detector. With the current stage, CRESS…
Description of CRESST-II data
G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento +47
In Phase 2 of CRESST-II 18 detector modules were operated for about two years (July 2013 - August 2015). Together with this document we are publishing data from two detector module…
First results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using Ge cryogenic detectors with interleaved electrodes
E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. Benoit +41
The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic detectors equipped with interleaved elect…
Search for low-mass Dark Matter with the CRESST Experiment
H. Kluck, G. Angloher, P. Bauer +42
CRESST is a multi-stage experiment directly searching for dark matter (DM) using cryogenic crystals. Previous stages established leading limits for the spin-indep…
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…
Dark-Photon Search using Data from CRESST-II Phase 2
G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento +40
Identifying the nature and origin of dark matter is one of the major challenges for modern astro and particle physics. Direct dark-matter searches aim at an observation of dark-mat…
A detection system to measure muon-induced neutrons for direct Dark Matter searches
V. Yu. Kozlov, E. Armengaud, C. Augier +41
Muon-induced neutrons constitute a prominent background component in a number of low count rate experiments, namely direct searches for Dark Matter. In this work we describe a neut…
Measurement of the response of heat-and-ionization germanium detectors to nuclear recoils
A. Benoit, L. Berge, J. Blumer +34
The heat quenching factor Q' (the ratio of the heat signals produced by nuclear and electron recoils of equal energy) of the heat-and-ionization germanium bolometers used by the ED…
Description of CRESST-III Data
CRESST Collaboration, A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher +47
In CRESST-III, 10 cryogenic detector modules optimized for low energy thresholds were operated for almost two years (May 2016 - February 2018). Together with this document we are p…
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…
New Limits on Double Electron Capture of Ca and W
G. Angloher, M. Bauer, P. Bauer +53
We analyzed low-background data from the CRESST-II experiment with a total net exposure of 730 kg days to extract limits on double electron capture processes. We established new li…
Final results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using a 4-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors with interleaved electrodes
EDELWEISS Collaboration, E. Armengaud, C. Augier +49
The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has completed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400-g cryogenic germanium detectors in operation at the Laboratoire Souterrai…
First results on low-mass dark matter from the CRESST-III experiment
CRESST collaboration, F. Petricca, G. Angloher +43
The CRESST experiment, located at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, searches for dark matter particles via their elastic scattering off nuclei in a target material. The…
Combined Limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS Experiments
CDMS, EDELWEISS Collaborations, : +114
The CDMS and EDELWEISS collaborations have combined the results of their direct searches for dark matter using cryogenic germanium detectors. The total data set represents 614 kg.d…
Results on MeV-scale dark matter from a gram-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated above ground
G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento +44
Models for light dark matter particles with masses below 1 GeV/c are a natural and well-motivated alternative to so-far unobserved weakly interacting massive particles. Gram-sc…
A prototype detector for the CRESST-III low-mass dark matter search
R. Strauss, G. Angloher, P. Bauer +28
The CRESST-III experiment which is dedicated to low-mass dark matter search uses scintillating CaWO crystals operated as cryogenic particle detectors. Background discrimination…
Silicon PIN diodes as Neganov-Trofimov-Luke cryogenic light detectors
X. Defay, E. Mondragon, J. -C. Lanfranchi +6
Cryogenic rare event searches based on heat and light composite calorimeters have a common need for large area photon detectors with high quantum efficiency, good radiopurity and h…
Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment
S. Fiorucci, A. Benoit, L. Berge +36
This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which inc…