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Results on low mass WIMPs using an upgraded CRESST-II detector

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arxiv 1407.3146 v2 pith:TMUX7FT3 submitted 2014-07-11 astro-ph.CO astro-ph.IMphysics.ins-det

Results on low mass WIMPs using an upgraded CRESST-II detector

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The CRESST-II cryogenic dark matter search aims for the detection of WIMPs via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO$_4$ crystals. We present results from a low-threshold analysis of a single upgraded detector module. This module efficiently vetoes low energy backgrounds induced by $\alpha$-decays on inner surfaces of the detector. With an exposure of \unit[29.35]{kg live days} collected in 2013 we set a limit on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering which probes a new region of parameter space for WIMP masses below \unit[3]{GeV/c$^2$}, previously not covered in direct detection searches. A possible excess over background discussed for the previous CRESST-II phase 1 (from 2009 to 2011) is not confirmed.

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