Technical University of Munich
Chair of Experimental Astroparticle Physics (Prof. Schönert)
James-Franck-Str. 1
85748 Garching b. München
Neutrino Physics
Dark Matter Search
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Abstract: The CRESST experiment aims at the direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter particles via elastic scattering off nuclei in different target crystals at cryogenic temperatures. The advancement in W-TES…
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abstract: Atmosphere-sourced argon contains traces of 42Ar, whose β−-decaying progeny 42K represents a significant intrinsic background for rare-event experiments using liquid argon (LAr) as detector or…
European Physical Journal C
Abstract: NUCLEUS is a cryogenic detection experiment which aims to measure Coherent Elastic Neutrino–Nucleus Scattering (CEνNS) and to search for new physics at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France. This…
Physical Review Letters
Abstract: The LEGEND Collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double-beta ((Formula presented)) decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in (Formula presented) in a low-background liquid…
Proceedings of Science
Abstract: The Borexino experiment concluded the data acquisition at the end of 2021 and among the solar neutrino experiments it has been the only one capable of reconstructing the position and the energy on an…
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Abstract: Any experiment aiming to measure rare events, like Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEνNS) or hypothetical Dark Matter scattering, via nuclear recoils in cryogenic detectors relies…
Journal of Instrumentation
Abstract: Liquid argon detectors rely on wavelength shifters for efficient detection of scintillation light. The current standard is tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB), but it is challenging to instrument on a large…
European Physical Journal C
Abstract: The beta decay of 77Ge and 77mGe, both produced by neutron capture on 76Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay search experiments such as GERDA or the LEGEND…
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Abstract: Percent-level calibration of cryogenic macro-calorimeters with energy thresholds below 100 eV is crucial for light Dark Matter (DM) searches and reactor neutrino studies based on coherent elastic…
European Physical Journal C
Abstract: The Crab (Calibrated nuclear Recoils for Accurate Bolometry) project aims to precisely characterize the response of cryogenic detectors to sub-keV nuclear recoils of direct interest for coherent…
