THE CRESST DARK MATTER SEARCH
/ Authors
I. Bavykina, A. Bento, D. Hauff, P. Huff, R. Lang, B. Majorovits, E. Pantic, F. Petricca, F. Prb̈st, W. Seidel
and 23 more authors
L. Stodolsky, S. Henry, J. Imber, S. Ingleby, H. Kraus, M. Malek, R. McGowan, V. Mikhailik, B. Tolhurst, C. Ciemniak, C. Coppi, F. Feilitzsch, C. Isaila, J. Lanfranchi, S. Pfister, W. Potzel, W. Westphal, M. Bauer, J. Jochum, M. Kimmerle, K. Rottler, S. Scholl, C. Bucci
/ Abstract
We present first competitive results on WIMP dark matter using the phonon-light-detection technique. A particularly strong limit for WIMPs with coherent scattering results from selecting a region of the phonon-light plane corresponding to tungsten recoils. The observed count rate in the neutron band is compatible with the rate expected from neutron background. CRESST is presently being upgraded with a 66 channel SQUID readout system, a neutron shield and a muon veto system. This results in a significant improvement in sensitivity.