Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) dark matter search experiment aims for the detection of dark matter particles via elastic scattering off nuclei in $$\mathrm {CaWO_4}$$ CaWO4 crystals. To understand the CRESST electromagnetic background due to the bulk contamination in the employed materials, a model based on Monte Carlo simulations was developed using the Geant4 simulation toolkit. The results of the simulation are applied to the TUM40 detector module of CRESST-II phase 2. We are able to explain up to $$(68 \pm 16)\,\mathrm {\%}$$ (68±16)% of the electromagnetic background in the energy range between 1 and $$40\,\mathrm {keV}$$ 40keV .
Source: The European Physical Journal C
Authors: A. H. Abdelhameed, G. Angloher, P. Bauer, A. Bento, E. Bertoldo, R. Breier, C. Bucci, L. Canonica, A. D’Addabbo, S. Di Lorenzo, A. Erb, F. v. Feilitzsch, N. Ferreiro Iachellini, S. Fichtinger, A. Fuss, P. Gorla, D. Hauff, M. Jes̆kovský, J. Jochum, J. Kaizer, A. Kinast, H. Kluck, H. Kraus, A. Langenkämper, M. Mancuso, V. Mokina, E. Mondragón, M. Olmi, T. Ortmann, C. Pagliarone, V. Palus̆ová, L. Pattavina, F. Petricca, W. Potzel, P. Povinec, F. Pröbst, F. Reindl, J. Rothe, K. Schäffner, J. Schieck, V. Schipperges, D. Schmiedmayer, S. Schönert, C. Schwertner, M. Stahlberg, L. Stodolsky, C. Strandhagen, R. Strauss, C. Türkoğlu, I. Usherov, M. Willers, V. Zema, J. Zeman
Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Physics, University of Coimbra, Comenius University Bratislava, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Excellence Cluster Universe, Walther Meissner Institute, Technical University of Munich, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of High Energy Physics, TU Wien, University of Tübingen, University of Oxford, Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, University of Sussex, Chalmers University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: Simulation for the development of cryogenic detectors for direct dark matter searches, G2613328328, G3052688919, Verbundprojekt 05A2017 - CRESST-XENON: Direkte Suche nach Dunkler Materie mit XENON1T/nT und CRESST-III. Teilprojekt 1, G3712213300, G4090823411, Verbundprojekt 05A2017 - CRESST-XENON: Direkte Suche nach Dunkler Materie mit XENON1T/nT und CRESST-III. Teilprojekt 3, Begleitforschung zur Implementierung, Anwendung und zu den Wirkungen des Qualifizierungstarifvertrags in der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württembergs, Particles and Interactions
OpenAlex ID: W2982127579