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most citedThe Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)

216 citations · 525 across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Optimisation of TES design for the CRESST experiment

G. Angloher, S. Banik, A. Bento +54

The CRESST experiment aims at the direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter particles via elastic scattering off nuclei in different target crystals at cryogenic temperatures. The ad…

physics.ins-det2026

ImpCresst -- A versatile simulation tool focusing on solid-state detectors at keV energies

G. Angloher, S. Banik, A. Bento +57

We present ImpCresst, a Geant4-based Monte Carlo tool to simulate backgrounds from natural and cosmogenic radionuclides, and calibration signals in solid-state detectors and their…

physics.ins-det2025

Fabrication of thin planar radiopure foils with 82Se for the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +72

The SuperNEMO Demonstrator, designed to search for double beta decay using enriched 82Se, has been assembled in the Modane Underground Laboratory under the French Alps. Thin foils…

hep-ex2025

Description of CRESST-III lithium aluminate data

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +58

Two detector modules with lithium aluminate targets were operated in the CRESST underground setup between February and June 2021. The data collected in this period was used to set…

physics.ins-det2025

Description of CRESST-II and CRESST-III pulse shape data

G. Angloher, S. Banik, D. Bartolot +62

A set of data from 68 cryogenic detectors operated in the CRESST dark matter search experiment between 2013 and 2019 was collected and labeled to train binary classifiers for data…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

Impact of Geant4's Electromagnetic Physics Constructors on Accuracy and Performance of Simulations for Rare Event Searches

H. Kluck, R. Breier, A. Fuß +3

A primary objective in contemporary low background physics is the search for rare and novel phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, e.g. the scattering off of a po…

physics.ins-det2025

Observation of a low energy nuclear recoil peak in the neutron calibration data of an AlO crystal in CRESST-III

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +59

The current generation of cryogenic solid state detectors used in direct dark matter and CE\textnu NS searches typically reach energy thresholds of (10)eV for nucl…

astro-ph.CO2025

The CRESST experiment: towards the next-generation of sub-GeV direct dark matter detection

G. Angloher, S. Banik, A. Bento +54

Direct detection experiments have established the most stringent constraints on potential interactions between particle candidates for relic, thermal dark matter and Standard Model…

physics.ins-det2025

The Impact of Helium Exposure on the PMTs of the SuperNEMO Experiment

SuperNEMO Collaboration, X. Aguerre, A. S. Barabash +76

The performance of Hamamatsu 8" photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) of the type used in the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment (R5912-MOD), is investigated as a function…

physics.ins-det2024

Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +77

The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of \textsuperscript{82}Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter.…

astro-ph.CO2024

Constraints on self-interaction cross-sections of dark matter in universal bound states from direct detection

The CRESST Collaboration

Lambda- Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) has been successful at explaining the large-scale structures in the universe but faces severe issues on smaller scales when compared to observa…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 2 cited

First observation of single photons in a CRESST detector and new dark matter exclusion limits

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +56

The main goal of the CRESST-III experiment is the direct detection of dark matter particles via their scattering off target nuclei in cryogenic detectors. In this work we present t…

physics.ins-det2024★ 12 cited

DoubleTES detectors to investigate the CRESST low energy background: results from above-ground prototypes

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +55

In recent times, the sensitivity of low-mass direct dark matter searches has been limited by unknown low energy backgrounds close to the energy threshold of the experiments known a…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

A likelihood framework for cryogenic scintillating calorimeters used in the CRESST dark matter search

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +57

Cryogenic scintillating calorimeters are ultrasensitive particle detectors for rare event searches, particularly for the search for dark matter and the measurement of neutrino prop…

physics.ins-det2023

Optimal operation of cryogenic calorimeters through deep reinforcement learning

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +59

Cryogenic phonon detectors with transition-edge sensors achieve the best sensitivity to light dark matter-nucleus scattering in current direct detection dark matter searches. In su…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

Detector development for the CRESST experiment

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +55

Recently low-mass dark matter direct searches have been hindered by a low energy background, drastically reducing the physics reach of the experiments. In the CRESST-III experiment…

astro-ph.CO2023

Light Dark Matter Search Using a Diamond Cryogenic Detector

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +56

Diamond operated as a cryogenic calorimeter is an excellent target for direct detection of low-mass dark matter candidates. Following the realization of the first low-threshold cry…

physics.ins-det2023

High-Dimensional Bayesian Likelihood Normalisation for CRESST's Background Model

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +59

Using CaWO crystals as cryogenic calorimeters, the CRESST experiment searches for nuclear recoils caused by the scattering of potential Dark Matter particles. A reliable identi…

physics.ins-det2023★ 9 cited

Observation of a low energy nuclear recoil peak in the neutron calibration data of the CRESST-III Experiment

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +58

New-generation direct searches for low mass dark matter feature detection thresholds at energies well below 100 eV, much lower than the energies of commonly used X-ray calibration…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 43 cited

Results on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a 10 eV Threshold CRESST-III Silicon Detector

CRESST Collaboration, G. Angloher, S. Banik +59

We present limits on the spin-independent interaction cross section of dark matter particles with silicon nuclei, derived from data taken with a cryogenic calorimeter with 0.35 g t…

physics.ins-det2022★ 13 cited

Towards an automated data cleaning with deep learning in CRESST

G. Angloher, S. Banik, D. Bartolot +62

The CRESST experiment employs cryogenic calorimeters for the sensitive measurement of nuclear recoils induced by dark matter particles. The recorded signals need to undergo a caref…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Secular Equilibrium Assessment in a Target Crystal from the Dark Matter Experiment CRESST using Bayesian Likelihood Normalisation

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +58

CRESST is a leading direct detection sub- dark matter experiment. During its second phase, cryogenic bolometers were used to detect nuclear recoils off the $\ma…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 39 cited

Testing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with lithium aluminate targets in CRESST-III

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +58

In the past decades, numerous experiments have emerged to unveil the nature of dark matter, one of the most discussed open questions in modern particle physics. Among them, the CRE…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 24 cited

Latest observations on the low energy excess in CRESST-III

G. Angloher, S. Banik, G. Benato +57

The CRESST experiment observes an unexplained excess of events at low energies. In the current CRESST-III data-taking campaign we are operating detector modules with different desi…