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HK: Hadronen und Kerne

HK 9: Particle-Astrophysics I, Neutrinos, Dark Matter

HK 9.3: Group Report

Monday, March 16, 1998, 14:45–15:15, G

Status of the CRESST Dark Matter Search — •Johann Schnagl — Physik Department E15, Technische Universit"at M"unchen, James Franck Stra"se, D-85748 Garching

The CRESST Dark Matter Search^* (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) situated at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory is looking for Dark Matter WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) using a cryogenic detector. Status of the experiment and progress in detector development are presented.

^*supported by the BMBF and the Sonderforschungsbereich 375 of the DFG