activity
20132026
most citedFirst results from the CRESST-III low-mass dark matter program

511 citations · 1.9k across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

48 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Demonstrating the thermal noise limit in a backaction-free bulk acoustic wave resonator chain for gravitational wave detection

G. Albani, M. Borghesi, L. Canonica +14

We report the full sub-Kelvin characterization of the BAUSCIA high-frequency gravitational-wave antenna, based on cryogenic Bulk Acoustic Wave resonators coupled to SQUID amplifier…

physics.ins-det2026

A microwave SQUID multiplexing concept for macro-cryogenic calorimeter arrays

N. Ferreiro Iachellini, P. Szypryt, L. Canonica +10

Massive cryogenic calorimeters read out by transition-edge sensors (TES) can reach eV-scale baseline resolution, but the single-channel dc-SQUID readout conventionally used in rare…

astro-ph.CO2026

Probing large mass-splitting inelastic Dark Matter with RES-NOVA

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +46

Probing inelastic dark matter at large mass splittings requires heavy target nuclei, an extended recoil-energy range, and the high-velocity tail of the dark-matter distribution. We…

hep-ex2026

Solar axion searches with RES-NOVA: projected sensitivity and first prototype limit

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +49

RES-NOVA is a cryogenic experiment based on PbWO4 scintillating bolometers produced from archaeological lead, originally designed to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scatte…

hep-ph2026

The COSMIC WISPers White Paper: The physics case for Weakly Interacting Slim Particles

Ariel Arza, Deniz Aybas, Shyam Balaji +124

Axions and other very weakly interacting slim particles (WISPs), with masses below 1 GeV, arise naturally in many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In particula…

hep-ph2026

Neutrino NSI in archaeological Pb

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +47

Dark matter direct detection experiments can observe solar neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, making it possible to test new physics in the neutrino sector…

physics.ins-det2026

A rapid low-background assay of Pb in archaeological lead

M. Consonni, M. Clemenza, E. Di Stefano +11

In this work, we present a fast and highly efficient method for the measurement of Pb in metallic archaeological lead using the commercial low-background liquid scintillati…

physics.ins-det2026

Probing dark matter interactions with a RES-NOVA prototype cryogenic detector

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +44

We report on the operation of a 13 g PbWO crystal, grown from archaeological Pb and operated as a cryogenic calorimeter in an underground environment. Read out with a Ge thermi…

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…

physics.ins-det2025★ 5 cited

A new dark matter direct search based on archaeological Pb

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +44

The RES-NOVA project is an experimental initiative aimed at detecting neutrinos from the next galactic supernova using PbWO cryogenic detectors, operated at low temperatures…

hep-ph2024

Solar Neutrinos in Cryogenic Detectors

A. Bento, A. Bertolini, L. Canonica +13

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) poses an irreducible background in the search for dark matter-nucleus elastic scatterings, which is commonly known as the neu…

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

Characterization of a kg-scale archaeological lead-based cryogenic detectors for the RES-NOVA experiment

J. W. Beeman, G. Benato, C. Bucci +41

One of the most energetic events in the Universe are core-collapse Supernovae (SNe), where almost all the star's binding energy is released as neutrinos. These particles are direct…

physics.ins-det2022★ 17 cited

Radiopurity of a kg-scale PbWO cryogenic detector produced from archaeological Pb for the RES-NOVA experiment

J. W. Beeman, G. Benato, C. Bucci +41

RES-NOVA is a newly proposed experiment for the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources, mainly Supernovae, using an array of cryogenic detectors made of PbWO crystal…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

A low-threshold diamond cryogenic detector for sub-GeV Dark Matter searches

A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher, A. Bento +13

In this work we report the realization of the first low-threshold cryogenic detector that uses diamond as absorber for astroparticle physics applications. We tested two 0.175g…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 99 cited

EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei +303

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the signifi…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Operation of an archaeological lead PbWO crystal to search for neutrinos from astrophysical sources with a Transition Edge Sensor

N. Ferreiro Iachellini, L. Pattavina, A. H. Abdelhameed +9

The experimental detection of the CENS allows the investigation of neutrinos and neutrino sources with all-flavor sensitivity. Given its large content in neutrons and stability,…

physics.ins-det2020★ 9 cited

Cryogenic characterization of a LiAlO crystal and new results on spin-dependent dark matter interactions with ordinary matter

A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher, P. Bauer +56

In this work, a first cryogenic characterization of a scintillating LiAlO single crystal is presented. The results achieved show that this material holds great potential as a…

hep-ex2020★ 12 cited

New limits on the resonant absorption of solar axions obtained with a Tm-containing cryogenic detector

A. H. Abdelhameed, S. V. Bakhlanov, P. Bauer +25

A search for resonant absorption of solar axions by Tm nuclei was carried out. A newly developed approach involving low-background cryogenic bolometer based on TmAl…