A list of the latest results can be found on our experiment's webpage:

http://www.cresst.de/pubs.php

Recommended Reading

• Results from Run 30 are now available, see:
  G. Angloher et al.: Commissioning Run of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search
  (astro-ph/0809.1829)
• The prototype of our detector was used to derive significant constraints in the dark matter puzzle, see:
  G. Angloher et al.: Limit on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression, Astroparticle Physics 23, pp. 325-339 (2005).
  (Also available as astro-ph/0408006)
• With the extremely high sensitivity of our detectors and the strong background suppression, we could even detect the decay of Tungsten, which was never seen before:
  C. Cozzini et al.: Detection of the Natural Alpha Decay of Tungsten, Physical Review C 70 (2004).
  (Also available as nucl-ex/0408006)
• Measurements of the quenching factor are important for the analysis of our data. For this we developed a extremely sensitive separate experiment:
  J. Ninkovic et al.: New Technique for the Measurement of the Scintillation Efficiency of Nuclear Recoils, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 564 (2006), pp. 567-578.
  (Also available as astro-ph/0604094)

• Limits on WIMP Dark Matter using Sapphire Cryogenic Detectors,
  G. Angloher et al., Astroparticle Physics 18 (2002) 43-55.
• Results of CRESST Phase I,
  F. Pröbst et al., Proc. of TAUP2001, LNGS, Italy, 8-12 Sept. 2001, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 110 (2002) 67-69.
• Results and plans of the CRESST dark matter search,
  M. Altmann et al., Paper contributed to the X International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, 23rd-28th July 2001, Rome, Italy. (zipped .ps 808 kB)
• Update of the Proposal to LNGS for a Second Phase of the CRESST Dark Matter Search,
  MPI-PhE/2001-02. (zipped .ps, 6.81 Mb)
• Proposal to the Gran Sasso Laboratory for a Second Phase of the CRESST Dark Matter Search,
  MPI-PhE/2000-04. (zipped .ps file, 4.08 Mb)
• The CRESST Dark Matter Experiment: Status and Perspectives,
  M. Sisti et al., Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, NIM A 444 (2000) 312-314. (.ps file, 400kB)
• The CRESST Dark Matter Search,
  M. Bravin et al., Astropart. Phys., Vol. 12, No. 1-2 (1999) 107.
  CRESST Dark Matter Search, S. Cooper et al., Proc. of the 2nd International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM-98), Buxton, England, 7-11 Sept. 1998, Eds. N. Spooner and V. Kudryavtsev, World Scienetific (1999) 359. (.ps file)
• Performance of the CRESST detectors and status of the experiment,
  M. Sisti et al., (.ps file, 1MB) Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-7, Munich, 27 July - 2 Aug. 1997, pub. by MPI Physik, ISBN 3-00-002266-X, available from urg@mppmu.mpg.de.
• Light neutralinos as dark matter in the unconstrained minimal supersymmetric standard model,
  A. Gabutti, M. Olechowsi, et al., Astropart. Phys. 6 (1996) 1-24.
• Status and low background considerations for the CRESST dark matter search,
  M. Bühler, L. Zerle, et al., Proc. Sixth Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-6), Beatenberg/Interlaken, Switzerland, 28 Aug. - 1 Sept. 1995, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 370 (1996) 237. (.ps file)

• Cross-sectional TEM study of the microstructure of superconducting X-ray detectors based on thin W-Al layers,
  G. Sáfrán, M. Loidl, O. Meier, W. Seidel, F. Pröbst, NIM B 192 (2002) 407-414.
• Quasiparticle diffusion over several mm in cryogenic detectors,
  M. Loidl, S. Cooper, O. Meier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin, NIM A 465 (2001) 440.
• Massive cryogenic particle detectors with low energy threshold,
  M. Sisti, O. Meier, M. Bühler, S. Cooper, V. Jörgens, M. Loidl, U. Nagel, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, A. Stolovits, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin, L. Zerle, NIM A 466 (2001) 499.
• Superconducting phase transition thermometers for X-ray spectroscopy,
  M. Bruckmayer, S. Cooper, H. Kraus, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, Physica B 284-288 (2000) 1998-1999.
• Simultaneous measurement of phonons and scintillation light for active background rejection in the CRESST experiment,
  M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, S. Giordano, M. Loidl, O. Meier, P. Meunier, D. Pergolesi, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, NIM A 444 (2000) 323-326.
• Imaging X-ray spectroscopy with superconducting phase transition thermometers,
  M. Bruckmayer, S. Cooper, H. Kraus, F. Pröbst and W. Seidel, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, NIM A 444 (2000) 208-210.
• Diffusion of long-lived quasiparticles over long distances,
  M. Loidl, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, O. Meier, P. Meunier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, I. Sergeyev, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999 , NIM A 444 (2000) 293-295.
• Active thermal feedback for massive cryogenic detectors,
  O. Meier, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, P. Di Stefano, T. Frank, M. Loidl, P. Meunier, F. Pröbst, G. Safran, W. Seidel, I. Sergeyev, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin and L. Zerle, Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors LTD-8, Dalfsen, Netherlands, 15-20 Aug. 1999, NIM A 444 (2000) 350-352.
• Discrimination between Nuclear Recoils and Electron Recoils by Simultaneous Detection of Phonons and Scintillation Light,
  P. Meunier, M. Bravin, M. Bruckmayer, S. Giordano, M. Loidl, O. Meier, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, M. Sisti, L. Stodolsky, S. Uchaikin, and L. Zerle, Appl. Phys Lett., Vol. 75, No. 9 (1999) 1335.
• Switching Device for the Superconducting Phase Transition Measurements of Thin W Films by Using a Single SQUID ,
  G. Safran, M. Loidl, O. Meier, G. Angloher, F. Pröbst, W. Seidel, Rev. Sci. Instrum., Vol. 70, No. 6, June 1999.
• Development of Massive Cryogenic Detectors Based on Iridium/Gold Phase Transition Thermometers,
  M. Bühler et al., LTD-7, ibid, p. 149
• Measurement of the Quasiparticle Lifetime in an Aluminium Film with a Low Temperature Calorimeter,
  J. Schnagl et al., LTD-7, ibid, p. 151.
• Quasiparticle diffusion in a tungsten/aluminium proximity layer,
  M. Loidl et al., (.ps file, 5MB), LTD-7, ibid, p. 155
• Future Cryogenic Detector Concepts for the CRESST Dark Matter Experiment,
  J. Höhne et al., Proc. 9th Int. School on Particles and Cosmology, Kabardino-Balkaria, Baksan Valley, Russia, 15- 22 April 1997
• Low-energy X-ray detection in cryogenic detectors with tungsten thermometers,
  P. Colling, A. Nucciotti, C. Bucci, et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 354 (1995) 408.
• Model for cryogenic particle detectors with superconducting phase transition thermometers,
  F. Pröbst, M. Frank, et al., J. Low Temp. Phys. 100 (1995) 69.
• Proximity Effect in Iridium-Gold Bilayers ,
  U. Nagel, et al., J. Appl. Phys. B 76 (1994) 4262.
• A Massive Cryogenic Particle Detector with Good Energy Resolution,
  P. Ferger, et al., Phys. Lett. B 323 (1994) 95.
• A Calorimetric Particle Detector Using an Iridium Superconducting Phase Transition Thermometer,
  M. Frank, et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 345 (1994) 367.
• Calorimetric particle detectors with superconducting absorber materials,
  G. Forster, P. Ferger, F. v. Feilitzsch, R.L. Mössbauer, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 324 (1993) 491.
• Phase transition thermometers with high temperature resolution for calorimetric particle detectors employing dielectric absorbers,
  W. Seidel, G. Forster, et al., Phys. Lett. B 236 (1990) 483.