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Results and plans of the CRESST dark matter search

(2001)

Authors:

M Altmann, G Angloher, M Bruckmayer, C Bucci, S Cooper, C Cozzini, P DiStefano, F von Feilitzsch, T Frank, D Hauff, Th Jagemann, J Jochum, R Keeling, H Kraus, J Macallister, F Proebst, Y Ramachers, J Schnagl, W Seidel, I Sergeyev, M Stark, L Stodolsky, H Wulandari

CRESST DARK MATTER SEARCH

World Scientific Publishing (2001) 403-408

Authors:

M BRUCKMAYER, C COZZINI, P DI STEFANO, T FRANK, D HAUFF, F PR脰BST, W SEIDEL, I SERGEYEV, L STODOLSKY, F VON FEILITZSCH, T JAGEMANN, J JOCHUM, J SCHNAGL, M STARK, H WULANDARI, S COOPER, R KEELING, H KRAUS, J MARCHESE, Y RAMACHERS, C BUCCI

DEVELOPMENT OF SCINTILLATING CALORIMETERS FOR THE CRESST II EXPERIMENT

World Scientific Publishing (2001) 409-414

Authors:

P DI STEFANO, M BRUCKMAYER, C COZZINI, T FRANK, D HAUFF, D PERGOLESI, F PR脰BST, W SEIDEL, I SERGEYEV, L STODOLSKY, S UCHAIKIN, S COOPER, R KEELING, H KRAUS, J MARCHESE, Y RAMACHERS, F VON FEILITZSCH, T JAGEMANN, J JOCHUM, J SCHNAGL, M STARK, H WULANDARI, C BUCCI

The CRESST Dark Matter Search

Chapter in Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics, Springer Nature (2001) 581-589

Authors:

W Seidel, M Bruckmayer, C Bucci, S Cooper, C Cozzini, P Di Stefano, F v. Feilitzsch, T Frank, D Hauff, T Jagemann, J Jochum, R Keeling, H Kraus, J Marchese, F Pr枚bst, Y Ramachers, I Sergeyev, M Stark, L Stodolsky

The CRESST experiment: Recent results and prospects

AIP CONF PROC 555 (2001) 381-386

Authors:

P Di Stefano, M Bruckmayer, C Bucci, S Cooper, C Cozzini, F von Feilitzsch, T Frank, D Hauff, T Jagemann, J Jochum, R Keeling, H Kraus, J Marchese, D Pergolesi, F Probst, Y Ramachers, J Schnagl, W Seidel, I Sergeyev, M Stark, L Stodolsky, S Uchaikin, H Wulandari

Abstract:

The CRESST experiment seeks hypothetical WIMP particles that could account for the bulk of dark matter in the Universe. The detectors are cryogenic calorimeters in which WIMPs would scatter elastically on nuclei, releasing phonons. The first phase of the experiment has successfully deployed several 262 g sapphire devices in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. A main source of background has been identified as microscopic mechanical fracturing of the crystals, and has been eliminated, improving the background rate by up to three orders of magnitude at low energies, leaving a rate close to one count per day per kg and per keV above 10 keV recoil energy. This background now appears to be dominated by radioactivity, and future CRESST scintillating calorimeters which simultaneously measure light and phonons will allow rejection of a great Dart of it.