Limits on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression

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dc.creatorAngloher, G.
dc.creatorBucci, C.
dc.creatorChrist, P.
dc.creatorCozzini, C.
dc.creatorvon Feilitzsch, F.
dc.creatorHauff, D.
dc.creatorHenry, S.
dc.creatorJagemann, Th.
dc.creatorJochum, J.
dc.creatorKraus, H.
dc.creatorMajorovits, B.
dc.creatorNinkovic, J.
dc.creatorPetricca, F.
dc.creatorPotzel, W.
dc.creatorPröbst, F.
dc.creatorRamachers, Y.
dc.creatorRazeti, M.
dc.creatorRau, W.
dc.creatorSeidel, W.
dc.creatorStark, M.
dc.creatorStodolsky, L.
dc.creatorTolhurst, A. J. B.
dc.creatorWestphal, W.
dc.creatorWulandari, H.
dc.date2004-07-30
dc.date2005-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:29:25Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:29:25Z
dc.descriptionWe present first significant limits on WIMP dark matter by the phonon-light technique, where combined phonon and light signals from a scintillating cryogenic detector are used. Data from early 2004 with two 300 g CRESST-II prototype detector modules are presented, with a net exposure of 20.5 kg days. The modules consist of a CaWO4 scintillating ``target'' crystal and a smaller cryogenic light detector. The combination of phonon and light signals leads to a strong suppression of non-nuclear recoil backgrounds. Using this information to define an acceptance region for nuclear recoils we have 16 events from the two modules, corresponding to a rate for nuclear recoils between 12 and 40 keV of (0.87 +- 0.22) events/(kg day). This is compatible with the rate expected from neutron background, and most of these events lie in the region of the phonon-light plane anticipated for neutron-induced recoils. A particularly strong limit for WIMPs with coherent scattering results from selecting a region of the phonon-light plane corresponding to tungsten recoils, where the best module shows zero events.
dc.description24 pages, 10 figures, version v2 includes figures with improved print quality, v3 accepted for publication in astroparticle physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408006
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408006
dc.identifierAstropart.Phys.23:325-339,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.01.006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196708
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleLimits on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression
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