CRESST

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CRESST is a dark matter search experiment that uses cryogenic detectors to look for rare interactions of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in an underground laboratory.

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instanceOf cryogenic rare event search experiment
dark matter search experiment
abbreviationFor Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers NERFINISHED
aimsTo detect nuclear recoils from WIMP interactions
probe dark matter-nucleon scattering cross sections
backgroundReductionMethod active veto systems
deep underground shielding
passive shielding
canProbe low-mass dark matter parameter space
collaborationIncludes INFN groups
Max Planck Institute for Physics NERFINISHED
Technical University of Munich NERFINISHED
collaborationType international scientific collaboration
dataAnalysisFocus identification of nuclear recoil events
rejection of electron recoil backgrounds
dataTakingMode rare event search
discriminatesEventsBy simultaneous phonon and light readout
field astroparticle physics
cosmology
particle physics
fullName Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers NERFINISHED
hostLaboratory INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory NERFINISHED
locatedIn Gran Sasso National Laboratory NERFINISHED
LNGS NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Italy
measures phonon signals
scintillation light
operatesIn underground laboratory
relatedExperiment CDMS NERFINISHED
EDELWEISS NERFINISHED
LUX NERFINISHED
XENON NERFINISHED
relatedTo other dark matter experiments
researchFocus direct detection of dark matter
searchesFor weakly interacting massive particles
searchType direct dark matter detection
studies rare nuclear recoils from dark matter interactions
successorExperiment CRESST-II NERFINISHED
CRESST-III NERFINISHED
targets elastic scattering of WIMPs off nuclei
uses low-background materials
radiopure detector components
usesDetectionMedium calcium tungstate crystals
scintillating crystals
usesDetectorType cryogenic detectors
usesOperatingTemperature millikelvin temperatures
usesReadout cryogenic calorimetry
usesTechnology superconducting thermometers
transition edge sensors

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