Geant4-based electromagnetic background model for the CRESST dark matter experiment
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2019-11-22 v1
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 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 of the electromagnetic background in the energy range between and .
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@article{arxiv.1908.06755,
title = {Geant4-based electromagnetic background model for the CRESST dark matter experiment},
author = {CRESST Collaboration and A. H. Abdelhameed and G. Angloher and P. Bauer and A. Bento and E. Bertoldo and R. Breier and C. Bucci and L. Canonica and A. D'Addabbo and S. Di Lorenzo and A. Erb and F. v. Feilitzsch and N. Ferreiro Iachellini and S. Fichtinger and A. Fuss and P. Gorla and D. Hauff and M. Ješkovský and J. Jochum and J. Kaizer and A. Kinast and H. Kluck and H. Kraus and A. Langenkämper and M. Mancuso and V. Mokina and E. Mondragón and M. Olmi and T. Ortmann and C. Pagliarone and V. Palušová and L. Pattavina and F. Petricca and W. Potzel and P. Povinec and F. Pröbst and F. Reindl and J. Rothe and K. Schäffner and J. Schieck and V. Schipperges and D. Schmiedmayer and S. Schönert and C. Schwertner and M. Stahlberg and L. Stodolsky and C. Strandhagen and R. Strauss and C. Türkoğlu and I. Usherov and M. Willers and V. Zema and J. Zeman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.06755},
year = {2019}
}
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19 pages, 12 figures