First results from the CRESST-III low-mass dark matter program
Journal article, 2019
The CRESST experiment is a direct dark matter search which aims to measure interactions of potential dark matter particles in an Earth-bound detector. With the current stage, CRESST-III, we focus on a low energy threshold for increased sensitivity towards light dark matter particles. In this paper we describe the analysis of one detector operated in the first run of CRESST-III (05/2016-02/2018) achieving a nuclear recoil threshold of 30.1 eV. This result was obtained with a 23.6 g CaWO4 crystal operated as a cryogenic scintillating calorimeter in the CRESST setup at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). Both the primary phonon (heat) signal and the simultaneously emitted scintillation light, which is absorbed in a separate silicon-on-sapphire light absorber, are measured with highly sensitive transition edge sensors operated at similar to 15 mK. The unique combination of these sensors with the light element oxygen present in our target yields sensitivity to dark matter particle masses as low as 160 MeV/c(2).
Author
A. H. Abdelhameed
Max Planck Society
G. Angloher
Max Planck Society
P. Bauer
Max Planck Society
A. Bento
Universidade de Coimbra
Max Planck Society
E. Bertoldo
Max Planck Society
C. Bucci
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
L. Canonica
Max Planck Society
A. D'Addabbo
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
X. Defay
Technical University of Munich
S. Di Lorenzo
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
A. Erb
Walther-Meissner-Institute for Low Temperature Research
Technical University of Munich
F. v Feilitzsch
Technical University of Munich
S. Fichtinger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
N. Ferreiro Iachellini
Max Planck Society
A. Fuss
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna University of Technology
P. Gorla
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. Hauff
Max Planck Society
J. Jochum
University of Tübingen
A. Kinast
Technical University of Munich
H. Kluck
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna University of Technology
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
A. Muenster
Technical University of Munich
M. Olmi
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
T. Ortmann
Technical University of Munich
C. Pagliarone
Universita di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
L. Pattavina
Technical University of Munich
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
F. Petricca
Max Planck Society
W. Potzel
Technical University of Munich
F. Proebst
Max Planck Society
F. Reindl
Vienna University of Technology
Austrian Academy of Sciences
J. Rothe
Max Planck Society
K. Schaffner
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
J. Schieck
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna University of Technology
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
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna University of Technology
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
I Usherov
University of Tübingen
M. Willers
Technical University of Munich
Vanessa Zema
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic and Plasma Physics
Physical Review D
2470-0010 (ISSN) 2470-0029 (eISSN)
Vol. 100 10 102002Subject Categories
Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
Subatomic Physics
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.102002