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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Angloher, G.
• Bento, A.
• Bucci, C.
• Canonica, L.
• Defay, X.
• Erb, A.
• von Feilitzsch, F.
• Iachellini, N. Ferreiro
• Gorla, P.
• Gütlein, A.
• Hauff, D.
• Jochum, J.
• Kiefer, M.
• Kluck, H.
• Kraus, H.
• Lanfranchi, J. C.
• Loebell, J.
• Münster, A.
• Pagliarone, C.
• Petricca, F.
• Potzel, W.
• Pröbst, F.
• Reindl, F.
• Schäffner, K.
• Schieck, J.
• Schönert, S.
• Seidel, W.
• Stodolsky, L.
• Strandhagen, C.
• Strauss, R.
• Tanzke, A.
• Trinh Thi, H. H.
• Türkoğlu, C.
• Uffinger, M.
• Ulrich, A.
• Usherov, I.
• Wawoczny, S.
• Willers, M.
• Wüstrich, M.
• Zöller, A.

Titel

Results on light dark matter particles with a low-threshold CRESST-II detector

Ist Teil von

• The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 2016, Vol.76 (1), p.1, Article 25

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

SpringerLink (Online service)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The CRESST-II experiment uses cryogenic detectors to search for nuclear recoil events induced by the elastic scattering of dark matter particles in CaWO 4  crystals. Given the low energy threshold of our detectors in combination with light target nuclei, low mass dark matter particles can be probed with high sensitivity. In this letter we present the results from data of a single detector module corresponding to 52 kg live days. A blind analysis is carried out. With an energy threshold for nuclear recoils of 307 eV we substantially enhance the sensitivity for light dark matter. Thereby, we extend the reach of direct dark matter experiments to the sub- GeV/ c 2  region and demonstrate that the energy threshold is the key parameter in the search for low mass dark matter particles.