Searches for Light Dark Matter with the CRESST-III Experiment
Journal article, 2020
Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers (CRESST) is a long-standing direct dark matter detection experiment with cryogenic detectors located at the underground facility Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. CRESST-III, the third generation of CRESST, was specifically designed to have a world-leading sensitivity for low-mass dark matter (DM) (less than 2 GeV/c 2) to probe the spin-independent DM-nucleus cross section. At present, a large part of the parameter space for spin-independent scattering off nuclei remains untested for dark matter particles with masses below few GeV/c 2 although many motivated theoretical models having been proposed. The CRESST-III experiment employs scintillating CaWO 4 crystals of ∼ 25 g as target material for dark matter interactions operated as cryogenic scintillating calorimeters at ∼ 10 mK. CRESST-III first data taking was successfully completed in 2018, achieving an unprecedented energy threshold for nuclear recoils. This result extended the present sensitivity to DM particles as light as ∼ 160 MeV/c 2. In this paper, an overview of the CRESST-III detectors and results will be presented.
Particle identification
Cryogenic detectors
Dark matter
Rare event searches
Author
M. Mancuso
Max Planck Society
A. H. Abdelhameed
Max Planck Society
G. Angloher
Max Planck Society
R. Breier
Comenius University in Bratislava
P. Bauer
Max Planck Society
A. Bento
Max Planck Society
University of Coimbra
E. Bertoldo
Max Planck Society
C. Bucci
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
L. Canonica
Max Planck Society
A. D’Addabbo
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
S. Di Lorenzo
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
A. Erb
Walther-Meissner-Institute for Low Temperature Research
Technical University of Munich
F. von Feilitzsch
Technical University of Munich
N. Ferreiro Iachellini
Max Planck Society
S. Fichtinger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
A. Fuss
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
Austrian Academy of Sciences
P. Gorla
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
D. Hauff
Max Planck Society
M. Jes̆kovský
Comenius University in Bratislava
J. Jochum
University of Tübingen
J. Kaizer
Comenius University in Bratislava
A. Kinast
Technical University of Munich
H. Kluck
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
Austrian Academy of Sciences
H. Kraus
University of Oxford
A. Langenkämper
Technical University of Munich
V. Mokina
Austrian Academy of Sciences
E. Mondragon
Technical University of Munich
M. Olmi
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
T. Ortmann
Technical University of Munich
C. Pagliarone
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Universita di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
V. Palus̆ová
Comenius University in Bratislava
L. Pattavina
Technical University of Munich
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
F. Petricca
Max Planck Society
W. Potzel
Technical University of Munich
P. Povinec
Comenius University in Bratislava
F. Pröbst
Max Planck Society
F. Reindl
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
J. Rothe
Max Planck Society
K. Schäffner
Max Planck Society
J. Schieck
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
V. Schipperges
University of Tübingen
D. Schmiedmayer
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
Austrian Academy of Sciences
S. Schönert
Technical University of Munich
C. Schwertner
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
M. Stahlberg
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
Austrian Academy of Sciences
L. Stodolsky
Max Planck Society
C. Strandhagen
University of Tübingen
R. Strauss
Technical University of Munich
C. Türkoglu
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
I. Usherov
University of Tübingen
M. Willers
Technical University of Munich
Vanessa Zema
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic and Plasma Physics
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
J. Zeman
Comenius University in Bratislava
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
0022-2291 (ISSN) 1573-7357 (eISSN)
Vol. 199 1-2 547-555Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
Subatomic Physics
Other Physics Topics
DOI
10.1007/s10909-020-02343-3