Cryogenic characterization of a LiAlO 2 crystal and new results on spin-dependent dark matter interactions with ordinary matter: CRESST Collaboration

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; D. Fuchs; A. Fuss; V. M. Ghete; A. Garai; P. Gorla; D. Hauff; M. Ješkovský; J. Jochum; J. Kaizer; M. Kaznacheeva; A. Kinast; H. Kluck; H. Kraus; A. Langenkämper; M. Mancuso; V. Mokina; E. Mondragon; M. Olmi; T. Ortmann; C. Pagliarone; V. Palušová; 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; I. Usherov; F. Wagner; M. Willers; V. Zema; J. Zeman; M. Brützam; S. Ganschow

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Cryogenic characterization of a LiAlO ₂ crystal and new results on spin-dependent dark matter interactions with ordinary matter: CRESST Collaboration

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, D. Fuchs, A. Fuss, V. M. Ghete, A. Garai, P. Gorla, D. HauffM. Ješkovský, J. Jochum, J. Kaizer, M. Kaznacheeva, A. Kinast, H. Kluck, H. Kraus, A. Langenkämper, M. Mancuso, V. Mokina, E. Mondragon, M. Olmi, T. Ortmann, C. Pagliarone, V. Palušová, 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, I. Usherov, F. Wagner, M. Willers, V. Zema, J. Zeman, M. Brützam, S. Ganschow

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In this work, a first cryogenic characterization of a scintillating LiAlO ₂ single crystal is presented. The results achieved show that this material holds great potential as a target for direct dark matter search experiments. Three different detector modules obtained from one crystal grown at the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) have been tested to study different properties at cryogenic temperatures. Firstly, two 2.8 g twin crystals were used to build different detector modules which were operated in an above-ground laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) in Munich, Germany. The first detector module was used to study the scintillation properties of LiAlO ₂ at cryogenic temperatures. The second achieved an energy threshold of (213.02 ± 1.48) eV which allows setting a competitive limit on the spin-dependent dark matter particle-proton scattering cross section for dark matter particle masses between 350MeV/c2 and 1.50GeV/c2. Secondly, a detector module with a 373 g LiAlO ₂ crystal as the main absorber was tested in an underground facility at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS): from this measurement it was possible to determine the radiopurity of the crystal and study the feasibility of using this material as a neutron flux monitor for low-background experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	834
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	80
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8329-4
State	Published - 1 Sep 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Cryogenics
Dark matter
Lithium
Neutrons
Spin-dependent

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Abdelhameed, A. H., Angloher, G., Bauer, P., Bento, A., Bertoldo, E., Breier, R., Bucci, C., Canonica, L., D’Addabbo, A., Di Lorenzo, S., Erb, A., Feilitzsch, F. V., Iachellini, N. F., Fichtinger, S., Fuchs, D., Fuss, A., Ghete, V. M., Garai, A., Gorla, P., ... Ganschow, S. (2020). Cryogenic characterization of a LiAlO ₂ crystal and new results on spin-dependent dark matter interactions with ordinary matter: CRESST Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 80(9), Article 834. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8329-4

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