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Credit: CERN

Hans Kraus

Professor of Physics

Research theme

  • Particle astrophysics & cosmology

Sub department

  • Particle Physics

Research groups

  • LUX-ZEPLIN
Hans.Kraus@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 (2)73361
Denys Wilkinson Building, room 623
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Combined limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS experiments

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 84:1 (2011)

Authors:

Z Ahmed, DS Akerib, E Armengaud, S Arrenberg, C Augier, CN Bailey, D Balakishiyeva, L Baudis, DA Bauer, A Benoît, L Bergé, J Blümer, PL Brink, A Broniatowski, T Bruch, V Brudanin, R Bunker, B Cabrera, DO Caldwell, B Censier, M Chapellier, G Chardin, F Charlieux, J Cooley, P Coulter, GA Cox, P Cushman, M Daal, X Defay, M De Jesus, F Dejongh, PCF Di Stefano, Y Dolgorouki, J Domange, L Dumoulin, MR Dragowsky, K Eitel, S Fallows, E Figueroa-Feliciano, J Filippini, D Filosofov, N Fourches, J Fox, M Fritts, J Gascon, G Gerbier, J Gironnet, SR Golwala, M Gros, J Hall, R Hennings-Yeomans, S Henry, SA Hertel, S Hervé, D Holmgren, L Hsu, ME Huber, A Juillard, O Kamaev, M Kiveni, H Kluck, M Kos, V Kozlov, H Kraus, VA Kudryavtsev, SW Leman, S Liu, P Loaiza, R Mahapatra, V Mandic, S Marnieros, C Martinez, KA McCarthy, N Mirabolfathi, D Moore, P Nadeau, XF Navick, H Nelson, C Nones, RW Ogburn, E Olivieri, P Pari, L Pattavina, B Paul, A Phipps, M Pyle, X Qiu, W Rau, A Reisetter, Y Ricci, M Robinson, S Rozov, T Saab, B Sadoulet, J Sander, V Sanglard, B Schmidt, RW Schnee, S Scorza, DN Seitz

Abstract:

The CDMS and EDELWEISS collaborations have combined the results of their direct searches for dark matter using cryogenic germanium detectors. The total data set represents 614kg•days equivalent exposure. A straightforward method of combination was chosen for its simplicity before data were exchanged between experiments. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on spin-independent weakly interacting, massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon cross section. For a WIMP mass of 90GeV/c2, where this analysis is most sensitive, a cross section of 3.3×10-44cm2 is excluded at 90% C.L. At higher WIMP masses, the combination improves the individual limits, by a factor 1.6 above 700GeV/c2. Alternative methods of combining the data provide stronger constraints for some ranges of WIMP masses and weaker constraints for others. © 2011 American Physical Society.
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Final results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using a 4-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors with interleaved electrodes

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 702:5 (2011) 329-335

Authors:

E Armengaud, C Augier, A Benoît, L Bergé, J Blümer, A Broniatowski, V Brudanin, B Censier, G Chardin, M Chapellier, F Charlieux, P Coulter, GA Cox, X Defay, M De Jesus, Y Dolgorouki, J Domange, L Dumoulin, K Eitel, D Filosofov, N Fourches, J Gascon, G Gerbier, J Gironnet, M Gros, S Henry, S Hervé, A Juillard, H Kluck, V Kozlov, H Kraus, VA Kudryavtsev, P Loaiza, S Marnieros, XF Navick, C Nones, E Olivieri, P Pari, L Pattavina, B Paul, M Robinson, S Rozov, V Sanglard, B Schmidt, S Scorza, S Semikh, AS Torrento-Coello, L Vagneron, MA Verdier, RJ Walker, E Yakushev

Abstract:

The EDELWEISS-II Collaboration has completed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400-g cryogenic germanium detectors in operation at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. The combined use of thermal phonon sensors and charge collection electrodes with an interleaved geometry enables the efficient rejection of γ-induced radioactivity as well as near-surface interactions. A total effective exposure of 384 kg d has been achieved, mostly coming from fourteen months of continuous operation. Five nuclear recoil candidates are observed above 20 keV, while the estimated background is 3.0 events. The result is interpreted in terms of limits on the cross-section of spin-independent interactions of WIMPs and nucleons. A cross-section of 4.4×10-8 pb is excluded at 90%CL for a WIMP mass of 85 GeV. New constraints are also set on models where the WIMP-nucleon scattering is inelastic. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
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The CRESST dark matter search

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 66:2 (2011) 202-207

Authors:

J Jochum, G Angloher, M Bauer, I Bavykina, A Brown, C Bucci, C Ciemniak, G Deuter, F Von Feilitzsch, D Hauff, S Henry, P Huff, C Isaila, M Kiefer, M Kimmerle, H Kraus, Q Kronseder, JC Lanfranchi, VB Mikhailik, F Petricca, S Pfister, W Potzel, F Pröbst, S Roth, K Rottler, C Sailer, K Schäffner, J Schmaler, S Scholl, M Von Sivers, W Seidel, L Stodolsky, C Strandhagen, R Strauss, I Usherov

Abstract:

The aim of CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) is to search for particle dark matter via elastic scattering off nuclei. The experiment is located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy, and it uses low-background cryogenic detectors with superconducting phase-transition thermometers for the direct detection of WIMPnucleus scattering events. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Characterisation of magnetic field fluctuations at different locations within the Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit using a new SQUID magnetometer prototype

EDP Sciences (2011) 02003

Authors:

V Andrieux, M Auguste, D Boyer, A Cavaillou, C Clarke, P Febvre, S Gaffet, S Henry, H Kraus, A Lynch, V Mikhailik, M McCann, E Pozzo di Borgo, C Sudre, G Waysand
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Combined limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS experiments

PHYSICAL REVIEW D 84:1 (2011) ARTN 011102

Authors:

Z Ahmed, DS Akerib, E Armengaud, S Arrenberg, C Augier, CN Bailey, D Balakishiyeva, L Baudis, DA Bauer, A Benoit, L Berge, J Bluemer, PL Brink, A Broniatowski, T Bruch, V Brudanin, R Bunker, B Cabrera, DO Caldwell, B Censier, M Chapellier, G Chardin, F Charlieux, J Cooley, P Coulter, GA Cox, P Cushman, M Daal, X Defay, M De Jesus, F DeJongh, PCF Di Stefano, Y Dolgorouki, J Domange, L Dumoulin, MR Dragowsky, K Eitel, S Fallows, E Figueroa-Feliciano, J Filippini, D Filosofov, N Fourches, J Fox, M Fritts, J Gascon, G Gerbier, J Gironnet, SR Golwala, M Gros, J Hall, R Hennings-Yeomans, S Henry, SA Hertel, S Herve, D Holmgren, L Hsu, ME Huber, A Juillard, O Kamaev, M Kiveni, H Kluck, M Kos, V Kozlov, H Kraus, VA Kudryavtsev, SW Leman, S Liu, P Loaiza, R Mahapatra, V Mandic, S Marnieros, C Martinez, KA McCarthy, N Mirabolfathi, D Moore, P Nadeau, X-F Navick, H Nelson, C Nones, RW Ogburn, E Olivieri, P Pari, L Pattavina, B Paul, A Phipps, M Pyle, X Qiu, W Rau, A Reisetter, Y Ricci, M Robinson, S Rozov, T Saab, B Sadoulet, J Sander, V Sanglard, B Schmidt, RW Schnee, S Scorza, DN Seitz, S Semikh, B Serfass, KM Sundqvist, M Tarka, AS Torrento-Coello, L Vagneron, M-A Verdier, RJ Walker, P Wikus, E Yakushev, S Yellin, J Yoo, BA Young, J Zhang
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