Abstract
The next generation direct dark matter experiment CRESST-III has a high potential to significantly increase the sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs (mx ≲10GeV/c2). We present the new CRESST detector module: it consists of a 24 g CaWO4 crystal operated as a phonon detector and a 20×20 mm2 silicon-on-sapphire light detector. The phonon energy threshold is lowered to ∼100eV and a light detector resolution of typically 5eV is achieved. A fully-scintillating inner detector housing is realised which efficiently rejects events from surface-alpha decays. The CaWO4 sticks holding the target crystal are also operated as calorimeters to discriminate all possible artefacts related to the support structure. A projection for the sensitivity to spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering is given for the first phase of CRESST-III which will start beginning of 2016.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 42048 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 718 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 9 Jun 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 14th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2015 - Torino, Italy Duration: 7 Sep 2015 → 11 Sep 2015 |