Probing low WIMP masses with the next generation of CRESST detector
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-03-30 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to describe the upgrade of the CRESST dark matter search at LNGS. The proposed strategy will allow to explore a region of the parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering corresponding to WIMP masses below 10GeV/c, that has not been covered by other experiments. These results can be achieved only with outstanding detector performances in terms of threshold and background. This proposal shows how CRESST can match these performance requirements, adding a unique piece of information to the dark matter puzzle. The results of this program will fix a new state-of-the-art in the low mass WIMP exploration, opening new perspectives of understanding the dark matter scenario.
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@article{arxiv.1503.08065,
title = {Probing low WIMP masses with the next generation of CRESST detector},
author = {The CRESST Collaboration and G. Angloher and A. Bento and C. Bucci and L. Canonica and A. Erb and F. v. Feilitzsch and N. Ferreiro Iachellini and P. Gorla and A. Gütlein and D. Hauff and J. Jochum and M. Kiefer and H. Kluck and H. Kraus and J. -C. Lanfranchi and J. Loebell and A. Münster and F. Petricca and W. Potzel and F. Pröbst and F. Reindl and K. Schäffner and J. Schieck and S. Scholl and S. Schönert and W. Seidel and L. Stodolsky and C. Strandhagen and R. Strauss and A. Tanzke and M. Uffinger and A. Ulrich and I. Usherov and S. Wawoczny and M. Willers and M. Wüstrich and A. Zöller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.08065},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 6 figures