2004/01/21 by H. Wulandari, Wulandari, H., J. Jochum +5 · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0401032
15 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2004/01/21 · openalex publication_date 2004/01/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The new detection concept applied for the direct WIMP search experiment CRESST II, which enables a clear discrimination between electron recoils and nuclear recoils, will leave neutrons as the main background. This background will soon limit the sensitivity of the experiment and therefore become an important issue for the next phase of CRESST. We have performed a study based on Monte Carlo simulations to investigate how neutrons from different origins affect CRESST and which measures have to be taken to reach the projected sensitivity.