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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Angloher, G.
• Carniti, P.
• Cassina, L.
• Gironi, L.
• Gotti, C.
• Gütlein, A.
• Hauff, D.
• Maino, M.
• Nagorny, S. S.
• Pagnanini, L.
• Pessina, G.
• Petricca, F.
• Pirro, S.
• Pröbst, F.
• Reindl, F.
• Schäffner, K.
• Schieck, J.
• Seidel, W.

Titel

The COSINUS project: perspectives of a NaI scintillating calorimeter for dark matter search

Ist Teil von

• The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 2016-08, Vol.76 (8), p.1, Article 441

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

SpringerLink (Online service)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The R&D project COSINUS (Cryogenic Observatory for SIgnatures seen in Next-generation Underground Searches) aims to develop a cryogenic scintillating calorimeter using an undoped NaI-crystal as target for direct dark matter search. Dark matter particles interacting with the detector material generate both a phonon signal and scintillation light. While the phonon signal provides a precise determination of the deposited energy, the simultaneously measured scintillation light allows for particle identification on an event-by-event basis, a powerful tool to study material-dependent interactions, and to suppress backgrounds. Using the same target material as the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration, the COSINUS technique may offer a unique possibility to investigate and contribute information to the presently controversial situation in the dark matter sector. We report on the dedicated design planned for the NaI proof-of-principle detector and the objectives of using this detection technique in the light of direct dark matter detection.