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CRESST to EURECA – Progress with cryogenic dark matter searches
Sam Henry University of Oxford
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Dark matter - Evidence• CMBR
WMAP + HST:
• Galactic dark matterRotation curves of spiral galaxiesGalaxy velocities within clusters
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Dark matter - candidates
• Neutrinos
• Axions
• Gravitinos, axinos
• WIMPs - Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
Supersymmetric neutralinosKaluza Klein particles
• Alternative gravityMOND - TeVeS
Ruiz de Austri, Trotta & Roszkowski
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CRESST – Detectors heat bath
thermal link
thermometer(W-film)
absorbercrystal
Particle interaction in absorber creates a temperature rise in thermometer which is proportional to energy deposition in absorber
Temperature pulse (~6keV)
Res
ista
nce
[m
] normal-conductin
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super-conducting
T
R
Width of transition: ~1mKSignals: few K Stablity: ~ K
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Phonon – Scintillation
separate calorimeter as
light detector
light reflector
W-SPT
W-SPT
300 g CaWO4
Energy in phonon channel
En
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high rejection:99.7% > 15 keV99.9% > 20 keV
Discrimination of nuclear recoils from radioactive backgrounds (electron recoils) by simultaneous measurement of phonons and scintillation light
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90%W-Recoils
90%O-Recoils
0 50 100 150-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
Run28, 2004, 10.5 kg d
Energy in Phonon Channel / keV
CRESST II – Results 2004 L
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CRESST – Results 2007
Next step – install and run 17 detector modules
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Upper Limit for Spin-independent WIMP Nucleon Cross section for cryogenic detector experiments
CRESST / EDELWEISS – Results
(Preliminary)
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European
Underground
Rare Event
Calorimeter
Array
• Search to σ~10-10pb (~1 event/tonne/year)
• CRESST and EDELWEISS, with additional groups joining.
• Target: Ge, CaWO4, ZnWO4….
(A dependence)
• Mass: above 100 kg towards 1 tonne
• Modane Laboratory
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EURECA challenges Detectors• Large volume – 1000kg• Multiple target materials – Ge + scintillators• Radiopurity• Maintain background discriminationCryostat• Cool ~1000kg to ~10mK• Allow easy removal / insertion of detectorsReadout• 1000+ channelsRadiation shielding• Neutrons
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United Kingdom
Oxford (H Kraus, coordinator)
Germany
MPI für Physik, Munich
Technische Universität München
Universität Tübingen
Universität Karlsruhe
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Russia
DNLP Dubna
Ukraine
INR Kiev
CRESST + EDELWEISS + ROSEBUD + …
EURECA Collaboration
France
CEA/DAPNIA Saclay
CEA/DRECAM Saclay
CNRS/CRTBT Grenoble
CNRS/CSNSM Orsay
CNRS/IPNL Lyon
CNRS/IAP Paris
Spain
Zaragoza
CERN
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Dark matter detection
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Why use cryodetectors?
Initial recoil energy
Displace-ments,
Vibrations
Athermalphonons
Ionization(~10 %)
Thermal phonons(Heat)
Scintil
lation
(~1 %
)
Energy to extract electron in PM tube: ~300eV
Energy to ionize gas molecule: ~30eV
Energy to produce electronhole pair: 3.6eV
Energy to break superconducting electron pair: ~meV !
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EDELWEISS – Detectors
Target:Cyl. Ge crystal, 320 gØ 70 mm, h = 20 mmPhonon - signal:NTD-Ge (~ 20 mK)Ionisation - signal:Inner disc / outer guard ring