The Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers (CRESST) experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter particles via their elastic scattering off nuclei in a scintillating CaWO4 target crystal. The CaWO4 crystal is operated together with a light detector at mK temperature and read out by a Transition Edge Sensor. For many years, CaWO4 crystals have successfully been produced in-house at Technical University of Munich (TUM) with a focus on high radiopurity which is crucial to reduce background originating from radioactive contamination. In order to further improve the CaWO4 crystals, an extensive chemical purification of the raw materials and the synthesised CaWO4 powder has been performed. In addition, a temperature gradient simulation of the growth process and subsequently an optimisation of the growth furnace with the goal to reduce the intrinsic stress was carried out. We present results on the intrinsic stress in the CaWO4 crystals and on the CaWO4 powder radiopurity. A crystal grown from the purified material was installed in the current CRESST set-up. The detector is equipped with an instrumented holder which is used to measure the alpha decay rate of the crystal. We present a preliminary analysis showing a significantly reduced intrinsic background from natural decay chains.

Kinast, A., Angloher, G., Benato, G., Bento, A., Bertolini, A., Breier, R., et al. (2022). Improving the Quality of CaWO4 Target Crystals for CRESST. JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS, 209(5-6), 1128-1134 [10.1007/s10909-022-02743-7].

Improving the Quality of CaWO4 Target Crystals for CRESST

Canonica L.;Gorla P.;Pattavina L.;
2022

Abstract

The Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers (CRESST) experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter particles via their elastic scattering off nuclei in a scintillating CaWO4 target crystal. The CaWO4 crystal is operated together with a light detector at mK temperature and read out by a Transition Edge Sensor. For many years, CaWO4 crystals have successfully been produced in-house at Technical University of Munich (TUM) with a focus on high radiopurity which is crucial to reduce background originating from radioactive contamination. In order to further improve the CaWO4 crystals, an extensive chemical purification of the raw materials and the synthesised CaWO4 powder has been performed. In addition, a temperature gradient simulation of the growth process and subsequently an optimisation of the growth furnace with the goal to reduce the intrinsic stress was carried out. We present results on the intrinsic stress in the CaWO4 crystals and on the CaWO4 powder radiopurity. A crystal grown from the purified material was installed in the current CRESST set-up. The detector is equipped with an instrumented holder which is used to measure the alpha decay rate of the crystal. We present a preliminary analysis showing a significantly reduced intrinsic background from natural decay chains.
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CaWO; 4; CRESST; Crystal growth; Radiopurity;
English
24-mag-2022
2022
209
5-6
1128
1134
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Kinast, A., Angloher, G., Benato, G., Bento, A., Bertolini, A., Breier, R., et al. (2022). Improving the Quality of CaWO4 Target Crystals for CRESST. JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS, 209(5-6), 1128-1134 [10.1007/s10909-022-02743-7].
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