Participation in EDELWEISS-II exploitation (2011)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The nature of the dark matter in the Universe is of scientific and general public interest. Understanding what the majority of the matter density is would advance mankind's knowledge and satisfy everyone's desire for understanding the world around us. This grant will allow UK researchers to participate in the exploitation phase of the EDELWEISS experiment, a dark matter search located in the Modane underground laboratory in a road tunnel between France and Italy.
Planned Impact
This grant allows UK researchers access to the EDELWEISS experiment and engage in data analysis and Monte Carlo modelling. This activity will support the training of graduate students in particle astrophysics and software development.
Organisations
Publications
Armengaud E
(2017)
Measurement of the cosmogenic activation of germanium detectors in EDELWEISS-III
in Astroparticle Physics
Armengaud E
(2013)
Background studies for the EDELWEISS dark matter experiment
in Astroparticle Physics
Scovell P
(2018)
Low-background gamma spectroscopy at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
in Astroparticle Physics
Schmidt B
(2013)
Muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search
in Astroparticle Physics
Armengaud E
(2016)
Constraints on low-mass WIMPs from the EDELWEISS-III dark matter search
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Arnaud Q
(2016)
Signals induced by charge-trapping in EDELWEISS FID detectors: analytical modeling and applications
in Journal of Instrumentation
Armengaud E
(2017)
Performance of the EDELWEISS-III experiment for direct dark matter searches
in Journal of Instrumentation
Armengaud E
(2015)
Development and underground test of radiopure ZnMoO 4 scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU 0?2ß project
in Journal of Instrumentation
Armengaud E
(2016)
LUMINEU: a search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO 4 scintillating bolometers
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Cox G
(2012)
A multi-tiered data structure and process management system based on ROOT and CouchDB
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Description | This was a small travel grant which allowed us to participate in the exploitation of the EDELWEISS-II dark mater search experiment. Several papers have been published which limited the model parameters fr WIMP dark matter. |
Exploitation Route | Data analysis and simulations for a low background dark matter search experiment. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | EURECA |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Impact | Scientific publications, software development. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | EURECA |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Department | Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Material Sciences (CSNSM) |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Impact | Scientific publications, software development. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | EURECA |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Department | IN2P3-Lyon |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Impact | Scientific publications, software development. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | EURECA |
Organisation | Saclay Nuclear Research Centre |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Impact | Scientific publications, software development. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | EURECA |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration to design, build and operate a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment |
Impact | Scientific publications, software development. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Title | Modified SOURCES4 code |
Description | The original code SOURCES4 developed at LANL (USA) has been modified to allow more accurate calculation of neutron yield in (alpha, n) reactions on a large number of isotopes relevant to material construction for rare event experiments. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | The code is now widely used by physicists working with underground experiments for rare event searches. |