Exploring Low-Mass Dark Matter with CRESST
Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Nature 184:3-4 (2016) 866-872
Improved EDELWEISS-III sensitivity for low-mass WIMPs using a profile likelihood approach
(2016)
Limits on Momentum-Dependent Asymmetric Dark Matter with CRESST-II.
Physical review letters 117:2 (2016) 021303-021303
Abstract:
The usual assumption in direct dark matter searches is to consider only the spin-dependent or spin-independent scattering of dark matter particles. However, especially in models with light dark matter particles O(GeV/c^{2}), operators which carry additional powers of the momentum transfer q^{2} can become dominant. One such model based on asymmetric dark matter has been invoked to overcome discrepancies in helioseismology and an indication was found for a particle with a preferred mass of 3 GeV/c^{2} and a cross section of 10^{-37} cm^{2}. Recent data from the CRESST-II experiment, which uses cryogenic detectors based on CaWO_{4} to search for nuclear recoils induced by dark matter particles, are used to constrain these momentum-dependent models. The low energy threshold of 307 eV for nuclear recoils of the detector used, allows us to rule out the proposed best fit value above.Signals induced by charge-trapping in EDELWEISS FID detectors: analytical modeling and applications
(2016)
LUMINEU: a search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO 4 scintillating bolometers
Journal of Physics: Conference Series Institute of Physics 718:6 (2016) 062008