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
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Collaboration)
- Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Vitaly Kudryavtsev (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Armengaud E
(2011)
Final results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using a 4-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors with interleaved electrodes
in Physics Letters B
Ahmed Z
(2011)
Combined limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS experiments
in Physical Review D
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
Armengaud E
(2012)
Search for low-mass WIMPs with EDELWEISS-II heat-and-ionization detectors
in Physical Review D
Schmidt B
(2013)
Muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search
in Astroparticle Physics
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)
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
Hehn L
(2016)
Improved EDELWEISS-III sensitivity for low-mass WIMPs using a profile likelihood approach
in The European Physical Journal C
Armengaud E
(2016)
LUMINEU: a search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO 4 scintillating bolometers
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Armengaud E
(2017)
Development of 100 Mo -containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Armengaud E
(2017)
Measurement of the cosmogenic activation of germanium detectors in EDELWEISS-III
in Astroparticle Physics
Armengaud E
(2017)
Performance of the EDELWEISS-III experiment for direct dark matter searches
in Journal of Instrumentation
| 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 | EDELWEISS |
| Organisation | Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |
| Department | Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
| Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | EDELWEISS |
| Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
| Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | EDELWEISS |
| Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
| Department | IN2P3-Lyon |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
| Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | EDELWEISS |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Particle Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
| Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| 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. |