Publications

Data

• Data of CRESST-II Phase 2 (Version Feb 8, 2017):
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  Description of CRESST-II data
  
  

Recommended Reading

• F. Petricca et al.: First results on low-mass dark matter from the CRESST-III experiment (2017)
  ( arXiv:1711.07692 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Dark-Photon Search using Data from CRESST-II Phase 2 (2016)
  ( EUR PHYS J C 77:299 , arXiv:1612.07662 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Limits on momentum-dependent asymmetric dark matter with CRESST-II (2016)
  ( Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 021303 (2016) , arXiv:1601.04447)
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Results on light dark matter particles with a low-threshold CRESST-II detector (2016)
  (EUR PHYS J C Volume 76, Number 1 (2016), arXiv:1509.01515)
  
  
• M. Kiefer et al.: In-situ study of light production and transport in phonon/light detector modules for dark matter search (2016)
  (Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. Sect. A 821 (2016) 116-121)
  
  
• M. v. Sivers et al.: Low-temperature scintillation properties of CaWO₄ crystals for rare-event searches (2015)
  (JAP Volume 118, Issue 16 (2015) , arXiv:1510.05787 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Probing low WIMP masses with the next generation of CRESST detectors (2015)
  ( arXiv:1503.08065)
  
  
• A. Gütlein et al.: Impact of coherent neutrino nucleus scattering on direct dark matter searches based on CaWO₄ crystals (2015)
  (Astroparticle Physics 69 (2015) 44-49 , arXiv:1408.2357)
  
  
• R. Strauss et al.: Electron/gamma and alpha backgrounds in CRESST-II Phase 2, JCAP 2015 06, 030 (2015)
  (see also arXiv:1410.4188 )
  
  
• R. Strauss et al.: A detector module with highly efficient surface-alpha event rejection operated in CRESST-II Phase 2 (2014)
  ( EUR PHYS J C Volume 75, Number 8 (2015), arXiv:1410.1753 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Results on low mass WIMPs using an upgraded CRESST-II detector (2014)
  (EUR PHYS J C Volume 74, Number 12 (2014) ,astro-ph/1407.3146 )
  
  
• A. Münster et al.: Radiopurity of CaWO₄ Crystals for Direct Dark Matter Search with CRESST and EURECA , JCAP 2014 05, 018 (2014)
  (see also astro-ph/1403.5114 )
  
  
• R. Strauss et al.: Precision Measurements of Light Quenching in CaWO₄ Crystals at mk Temperatures (2014)
  (Eur. Phys. J. C (2014) 74 , astro-ph/1401.3332 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Results from 730 kg days of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search
  ( EUR PHYS J C Volume 72, Number 4 (2012))
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Commissioning Run of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search
  (Astropart. Phys. 31 (2009) 4, astro-ph/0809.1829 )
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Limit on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO₄ cryogenic detectors with active background suppression, Astroparticle Physics 23, pp. 325-339 (2005).
  (Also available as astro-ph/0408006 )
  
  
• C. Cozzini et al.: Detection of the Natural Alpha Decay of Tungsten, Physical Review C 70 (2004).
  (Also available as nucl-ex/0408006)
  
  

Popular Articles

• M. Kiefer: Die Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren - Nachweis Dunkler Materie - Physik in unserer Zeit (Wiley-VCH), November 2012 (Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 274-280), in german (DOI: 10.1002/piuz.201201317)
  
  
• O. Meyer: Ein Hauch von Wärme verrät das Unsichtbare, MaxPlanckForschung, Heft 4/2001, Seite 34-42, in german.
  
  
• L. Stodolsky: The Riddle of the Dark Matter, Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 1987, available in English and German.
  
  
• L. Stodolsky: Neutrino and Dark-Matter Detection at Low Temperature, Physics Today, August 1991
  
  

Some Other Publications

• A. Brown et al.: Extending the CRESST-II commissioning run limits to lower masses
  (Phys. Rev. D 85, 021301 (2012))
  
  
• G. Angloher et al.: Limits on WIMP dark matter using sapphire cryogenic detectors, Astroparticle Physics 18, pp. 43-55 (2002).
  (Available from the MPI Publication Server)
  
  
• H. Wulandari et al.: Neutron Background Studies for the CRESST Dark Matter Experiment.
  (hep-ex/0401032)
  
  
• F. Pröbst et al.: Results of CRESST Phase I, Proc. of TAUP2001, LNGS, Italy, 8-12 Sept. 2001, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 110, pp. 67-69 (2002).
  
  
• G. Sáfrán, M. Loidl, O. Meier, W. Seidel, F. Pröbst: Cross-sectional TEM study of the microstructure of superconducting X-ray detectors based on thin W-Al layers, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 192, pp. 407-414 (2002).
  
  
• M. Altmann et al.: Results and plans of the CRESST dark matter search, Paper contributed to the X. International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, 23rd - 28th July 2001, Rome, Italy.
  (astro-ph/0106314)
  
  
• Update of the Proposal to LNGS for a Second Phase of the CRESST Dark Matter Search, MPI-PhE/2001-02.
  
  
• M. Loidl, S. Cooper, O. Meier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin: Quasiparticle diffusion over several mm in cryogenic detectors, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 465, p. 440 (2001).
  
  
• M. Sisti, O. Meier, M. Bühler, S. Cooper, V. Jörgens, M. Loidl, U. Nagel, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, A. Stolovits, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin, L. Zerle: Massive cryogenic particle detectors with low energy threshold, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 466, p. 499 (2001).
  
  
• M. Sisti et al.: The CRESST Dark Matter Experiment: Status and Perspectives, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 444, pp. 312-314 (2000).
  
  
• M. Bruckmayer, S. Cooper, H. Kraus, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel: Superconducting phase transition thermometers for X-ray spectroscopy, Physica B 284-288 (2000).
  
  
• M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, S. Giordano, M. Loidl, O. Meier, P. Meunier, D. Pergolesi, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle: Simultaneous measurement of phonons and scintillation light for active background rejection in the CRESST experiment, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 444, pp. 323-326 (2000).
  
  
• M. Bruckmayer, S. Cooper, H. Kraus, F. Pröbst and W. Seidel: Imaging X-ray spectroscopy with superconducting phase transition thermometers, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 444, pp. 208-210 (2000).
  
  
• M. Loidl, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, O. Meier, P. Meunier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, I. Sergeyev, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle: Diffusion of long-lived quasiparticles over long distances, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999 , Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 444, pp. 293-295 (2000).
  
  
• O. Meier, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, M. Loidl, P. Meunier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, I. Sergeyev, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle: Active thermal feedback for massive cryogenic detectors, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 444, pp. 350-352 (2000).
  
  
• M. Bravin et al.: The CRESST Dark Matter Search, Astroparticle Physics 12, p. 107 (1999).
  
  
• S. Cooper et al.: CRESST Dark Matter Search, Proc. of the 2nd International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM-98), Buxton, England, 7-11 Sept. 1998, Eds. N. Spooner and V. Kudryavtsev, World Scienetific p. 359 (1999).
  
  
• P. Meunier, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, S. Giordano, M. Loidl, O. Meier, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin, and L. Zerle: Discrimination between Nuclear Recoils and Electron Recoils by Simultaneous Detection of Phonons and Scintillation Light, Appl. Phys Lett., Vol. 75, No. 9, p. 1335 (1999).
  
  
• G. Safran, M. Loidl, O. Meier, G. Angloher, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel: Switching Device for the Superconducting Phase Transition Measurements of Thin W Films by Using a Single SQUID, Rev. Sci. Instrum., Vol. 70, No. 6, June 1999.
  
  
• M. Bühler et al.: Development of Massive Cryogenic Detectors Based on Iridium/Gold Phase Transition Thermometers, LTD-7, ibid, p. 149.
  
  
• J. Schnagl et al.: Measurement of the Quasiparticle Lifetime in an Aluminium Film with a Low Temperature Calorimeter, LTD-7, ibid, p. 151.
  
  
• M. Loidl et al.: Quasiparticle diffusion in a tungsten / aluminium proximity layer, LTD-7, ibid, p. 155.
  
  
• M. Sisti et al.: Performance of the CRESST detectors and status of the experiment, Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-7, Munich, 27 July - 2 Aug. 1997, pub. by MPI Physik, ISBN 3-00-002266-X.
  
  
• J. Höhne et al.: Future Cryogenic Detector Concepts for the CRESST Dark Matter Experiment, Proc. 9th Int. School on Particles and Cosmology, Kabardino-Balkaria, Baksan Valley, Russia, 15th - 22nd April 1997.
  
  
• A. Gabutti, M. Olechowsi, et al.: Light neutralinos as dark matter in the unconstrained minimal supersymmetric standard model, Astropart. Phys. 6, pp. 1-24 (1996).
  
  
• M. Bühler, L. Zerle, et al.: Status and low background considerations for the CRESST dark matter search, Proc. Sixth Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-6), Beatenberg/Interlaken, Switzerland, 28th Aug. - 1st Sept. 1995, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 370, p. 237 (1996).
  
  
• P. Colling, A. Nucciotti, C. Bucci, et al.: Low-energy X-ray detection in cryogenic detectors with tungsten thermometers, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 354, p. 408 (1995).
  
  
• F. Pröbst, M. Frank, et al.: Model for cryogenic particle detectors with superconducting phase transition thermometers, J. Low Temp. Phys. 100, p. 69 (1995).
  
  
• U. Nagel, et al.: Proximity Effect in Iridium-Gold Bilayers, J. Appl. Phys. B 76, p. 4262 (1994).
  
  
• P. Ferger, et al.: A Massive Cryogenic Particle Detector with Good Energy Resolution, Phys. Lett. B 323, 95 A (1994).
  
  
• M. Frank, et al.: Calorimetric Particle Detector Using an Iridium Superconducting Phase Transition Thermometer, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 345, p. 367 (1994).
  
  
• G. Forster, P. Ferger, F. v. Feilitzsch, R.L. Mössbauer: Calorimetric particle detectors with superconducting absorber materials, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 324, p. 491 (1993).
  
  
• W. Seidel, G. Forster, et al.: Phase transition thermometers with high temperature resolution for calorimetric particle detectors employing dielectric absorbers, Phys. Lett. B 236, p. 483 (1990).