Development of massive cryogenic detectors with low energy threshold to search for dark matter wimps

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI972588

Project closed

Start date 1 January 1998

End date 31 December 1999

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Germany

Objective

Research objectives and content
The CRESST ( Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) experiment, settled in the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso ( Abruzzi, Italy), looks for low-mass WIMPs as the 'dark matter' of our Galaxy using cryogenic calorimeters with superconducting phase transition thermometers developed at the Max-Planck Institute of Physics and the Technical University of Munich. In the first stage, four 262 g sapphire detectors with threshold of 0.5 keV and resolution of 0.2 keV at 1 keV will be used. This will provide sensitivity to WlMP masses below 10 GeV. My fellowship work for CRESST will concern the optimisation and test of the 262 g detectors.
Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact)
The cryogenic calorimeters technique is a field that involves investigating problems of different areas ( cosmology, solid state physics, thin film technology, radioactivity measurement) and dealing with sophisticated experimental apparatus ( UHV systems, dilution refrigerators). Therefore working on the CRESST experiment will help me to enlarge my experience as a physicist, both from scientific and technological points of view.
Links with industry / industrial relevance (22)
Dark matter search is a pure research field, not strongly linked to industry. However the technological development of cryogenic detectors can be of interest also for industrial applications.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › astrophysics › dark matter
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• natural sciences › physical sciences › condensed matter physics › solid-state physics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › physical cosmology
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › superconductivity

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TP01 - Elementary Particles and Fields

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6,Föhringer Ring 6 ; 80805 München ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

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Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data