Geant4-based electromagnetic background model for the CRESST dark matter experiment
Journal article, 2019
The CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) dark matter search experiment aims for the detection of dark matter particles via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO4 crystals. To understand the CRESST electromagnetic background due to the bulk contamination in the employed materials, a model based on Monte Carlo simulations was developed using the Geant4 simulation toolkit. The results of the simulation are applied to the TUM40 detector module of CRESST-II phase 2. We are able to explain up to (68 +/- 16)% of the electromagnetic background in the energy range between 1 and 40 keV.
Author
A. H. Abdelhameed
Max Planck Society
G. Angloher
Max Planck Society
P. Bauer
Max Planck Society
A. Bento
Max Planck Society
University of Coimbra
E. Bertoldo
Max Planck Society
R. Breier
Comenius University in Bratislava
C. Bucci
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
L. Canonica
Max Planck Society
A. D'Addabbo
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
S. Di Lorenzo
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
A. Erb
Technical University of Munich
Walther-Meissner-Institute for Low Temperature Research
F. v. Feilitzsch
Technical University of Munich
N. Ferreiro Iachellini
Max Planck Society
S. Fichtinger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
A. Fuss
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
P. Gorla
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. Hauff
Max Planck Society
M. Jeskovsky
Comenius University in Bratislava
J. Jochum
University of Tübingen
J. Kaizer
Comenius University in Bratislava
A. Kinast
Technical University of Munich
H. Kluck
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
H. Kraus
University of Oxford
A. Langenkaemper
Technical University of Munich
M. Mancuso
Max Planck Society
V. Mokina
Austrian Academy of Sciences
E. Mondragon
Technical University of Munich
M. Olmi
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
T. Ortmann
Technical University of Munich
C. Pagliarone
Universita di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
V. Palusova
Comenius University in Bratislava
L. Pattavina
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Technical University of Munich
F. Petricca
Max Planck Society
W. Potzel
Technical University of Munich
P. Povinec
Comenius University in Bratislava
F. Proebst
Max Planck Society
F. Reindl
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
J. Rothe
Vienna University of Technology
Max Planck Society
K. Schaeffner
Max Planck Society
J. Schieck
Austrian Academy of Sciences
V. Schipperges
University of Tübingen
D. Schmiedmayer
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
S. Schoenert
Technical University of Munich
C. Schwertner
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna University of Technology
M. Stahlberg
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
L. Stodolsky
Max Planck Society
C. Strandhagen
University of Tübingen
R. Strauss
Technical University of Munich
C. Tuerkoglu
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
University of Sussex
I. Usherov
University of Tübingen
M. Willers
Technical University of Munich
Vanessa Zema
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic and Plasma Physics
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
J. Zeman
Comenius University in Bratislava
European Physical Journal C
1434-6044 (ISSN) 1434-6052 (eISSN)
Vol. 79 10 881Subject Categories
Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
Subatomic Physics
DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7385-0
PubMed
31708682