The CRESST experiment uses cryogenic detectors based on transition-edge sensors to search for dark matter interactions. Each detector module consists of a scintillating CaWO4 crystal and a silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) light detector which operate in coincidence (phonon-light technique). The 40-mm-diameter SOS disks (2 g mass) used in the data taking campaign of CRESST-II Phase 2 (2014–2016) reached absolute baseline resolutions of σ= 4–7 eV. This is the best performance reported for cryogenic light detectors of this size. Newly developed silicon beaker light detectors (4 cm height, 4 cm diameter, 6 g mass), which cover a large fraction of the target crystal surface, have achieved a baseline resolution of σ=5.8eV. First results of further improved light detectors developed for the ongoing low-threshold CRESST-III experiment are presented.
Rothe, J., Angloher, G., Bauer, P., Bento, A., Bucci, C., Canonica, L., et al. (2018). TES-Based Light Detectors for the CRESST Direct Dark Matter Search. JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS, 193(5-6), 1160-1166 [10.1007/s10909-018-1944-x].
TES-Based Light Detectors for the CRESST Direct Dark Matter Search
Canonica L;
2018
Abstract
The CRESST experiment uses cryogenic detectors based on transition-edge sensors to search for dark matter interactions. Each detector module consists of a scintillating CaWO4 crystal and a silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) light detector which operate in coincidence (phonon-light technique). The 40-mm-diameter SOS disks (2 g mass) used in the data taking campaign of CRESST-II Phase 2 (2014–2016) reached absolute baseline resolutions of σ= 4–7 eV. This is the best performance reported for cryogenic light detectors of this size. Newly developed silicon beaker light detectors (4 cm height, 4 cm diameter, 6 g mass), which cover a large fraction of the target crystal surface, have achieved a baseline resolution of σ=5.8eV. First results of further improved light detectors developed for the ongoing low-threshold CRESST-III experiment are presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.