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99 citations · 345 across the 33 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

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-det2026

Characterization of the Low Energy Excess using a NUCLEUS AlO detector

H. Abele, G. Angloher, B. Arnold +62

The NUCLEUS experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of reactor antineutrinos using low-threshold, gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters. Similar to other…

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★ 2 cited

Particle background characterization and prediction for the NUCLEUS reactor CENS experiment

H. Abele, G. Anglogher, B. Arnold +57

NUCLEUS is a cryogenic detection experiment which aims to measure Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CENS) and to search for new physics at the Chooz nuclear power pl…

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

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★ 10 cited

Low-Energy Backgrounds in Solid-State Phonon and Charge Detectors

Daniel Baxter, Rouven Essig, Yonit Hochberg +5

Solid-state phonon and charge detectors probe the scattering of weakly interacting particles, such as dark matter and neutrinos, through their low recoil thresholds. Recent advance…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Decoupling Pulse Tube Vibrations from a Dry Dilution Refrigerator at milli-Kelvin Temperatures

The NUCLEUS collaboration, A. Wex, J. Rothe +64

With the rising adoption of dry dilution refrigerators across scientific and industrial domains, there has been a pressing demand for highly efficient vibration decoupling systems…

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…

physics.ins-det2024

Scintillating low-temperature calorimeters for direct dark matter search

Margarita Kaznacheeva, Karoline Schäffner

The lack of an unambiguous signal for thermally produced dark matter particles in direct detection, indirect detection, and collider searches calls for broadening the search strate…

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

Study of collision and -cascade times following neutron-capture processes in cryogenic detectors

CRAB collaboration, G. Soum-Sidikov, H. Abele +47

The emission of -rays after a neutron capture in a cryogenic detector can generate mono-energetic nuclear recoils in the sub-keV regime, of direct interest for the calibration o…

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

Exploring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of reactor neutrinos with the NUCLEUS experiment

The NUCLEUS collaboration, C. Goupy, H. Abele +59

The NUCLEUS experiment aims to perform a high-precision measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) at the EdF Chooz B nuclear power plant in France. CEvNS…

nucl-ex2022★ 20 cited

Observation of a nuclear recoil peak at the 100 eV scale induced by neutron capture

CRAB Collaboration, NUCLEUS Collaboration, H. Abele +75

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and low-mass Dark Matter detectors rely crucially on the understanding of their response to nuclear recoils. We report the first observ…

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…