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most citedDeep-underground dark matter search with a COSINUS detector prototype

16 citations · 32 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

hep-ph2026

Cosmic Ray Boosted Dark Matter in COSINUS: Modeling and Constraints

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer +41

Direct detection of nuclear recoils due to sub-GeV dark matter is challenging because of the small kinetic energy of the light dark matter particles. Although limits down to a few…

hep-ph2025★ 1 cited

Defect Formation in NaI Crystals: A Novel Pathway to Dark Matter Detection

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer +44

Sodium iodide (NaI) is a widely used scintillator in direct dark matter searches. In particular, NaI-based cryogenic scintillating calorimeters have emerged as promising candidates…

physics.ins-det2025

Quenching factors for Na recoils as a function of Tl dopant concentrations in NaI(Tl) crystals

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer +51

Thallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) scintillation detectors play an important role in the field of direct dark matter (DM) searches. The DAMA/LIBRA experiment stands out for its…

physics.ins-det2025

COSINUS -- a model-independent challenge of the DAMA/LIBRA dark matter claim with cryogenic NaI detectors operated in a new low-background facility

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer +40

Low-temperature detectors are a powerful technology for dark matter search, offering excellent energy resolution and low energy thresholds. COSINUS is the only experiment that comb…

hep-ph2025

COSINUS model-independent sensitivity to the DAMA/LIBRA dark matter signal

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer +40

COSINUS is a dark matter direct detection experiment using NaI crystals as cryogenic scintillating calorimeters. If no signal is observed, this will constrain the dark matter scatt…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Water Cherenkov muon veto for the COSINUS experiment: design and simulation optimization

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, M. Cababie +36

COSINUS is a dark matter (DM) direct search experiment that uses sodium iodide (NaI) crystals as cryogenic calorimeters. Thanks to the low nuclear recoil energy threshold and event…

hep-ph2024★ 4 cited

Dark Matter-Electron Scattering Search Using Cryogenic Light Detectors

V. Zema, P. Figueroa, G. Angloher +8

The CSC (cryogenic scintillating calorimeter) technology devoted to rare event searches is reaching the sensitivity level required for the hunt of dark matter-electron scatterings.…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 16 cited

Deep-underground dark matter search with a COSINUS detector prototype

The COSINUS Collaboration, G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj +36

Sodium iodide (NaI) based cryogenic scintillating calorimeters using quantum sensors for signal read out have shown promising first results towards a model-independent test of the…

physics.ins-det2023★ 8 cited

Particle discrimination in a NaI crystal using the COSINUS remote TES design

COSINUS Collaboration, G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj +38

The COSINUS direct dark matter experiment situated at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy is set to investigate the nature of the annually modulating signal detected by th…