UCLA Dark Matter 2023

Probing light Dark Matter with the CRESST-III experiment

31 Mar 2023, 14:15

15m

PAB- 1-425 (UCLA)

Talk Non-directional direct dark matter detection SESSION 12: Direct Detection: status of sub-GeV DM detection (CHAIR: Maria Martinez - IUCA - Universidad de Zaragoza)

Speaker

Paolo Gorla

Description

The CRESST experiment (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) is searching for nuclear recoils induced by dark matter particles in cryogenic detectors employing different target materials: CaWO${}_4$, Al${}_2$O${}_3$, LiAlO${}_2$, and Si. With detection thresholds for nuclear recoils as low as 10 eV, CRESST is extremely suitable in the search for low mass dark matter particles. Most recent CRESST-III results on dark matter search are presented. Observations of the unexplained event population at very low energies (“low energy excess”), which is limiting the sensitivity of many experiments in the low mass region, are also reported. Plans for the CRESST future are presented.

Presentation materials

UCLA_DM_CRESST_Gorla.pdf