Results and plans of the CRESST dark matter search
/ Authors
M. Altmann, G. Angloher, M. Bruckmayer, C. Bucci, S. Cooper, C. Cozzini, P. Distefano, F. Feilitzsch, T. Frank, D. Hauff
and 13 more authors
T. Jagemann, J. Jochum, R. Keeling, H. Kraus, J. MacAllister, F. Proebst, Y. Ramachers, J. Schnagl, W. Seidel, I. Sergeyev, M. Stark, L. Stodolsky, H. Wulandari
/ Abstract
Data taken by CRESST in 2000 with a cryogenic detector system based on 262 g sapphire crystals is used to place limits on WIMP dark matter in the Galactic Halo. The detector is especially sensitive for low-mass WIMPS with spin-dependent cross sections and improves on existing limits in this region. CRESST is now preparing for a second phase, which will use a 10 kg detector consisting of 300 g CaWO4 crystals with simultaneous detection of phonons and scintillation light to reduce background.
Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics