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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 28: Astroteilchenphysik

HK 28.3: Group Report

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 17:30–18:00, HZ 9

Future Direct Dark Matter Search with EURECA — •Jean-Côme Lanfranchi for the EURECA collaboration — TU München, James-Franck-Strasse, 85748 Garching

EURECA (European Underground Rare Event Calorimeter Array) is a future ton-scale experiment aimed at the direct detection of Dark Matter (DM). It is based on detector technology as used in the running low-temperature experiments CRESST and EDELWEISS. EURECA strives for a final sensitivity in the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section of ∼2x10⁻¹¹pb. Unlike other direct DM searches EURECA offers the unique possibility to probe the WIMP parameter space using multiple target materials such as Ge and CaWO₄. The present status as well as future plans and technological challenges of the experiment will be discussed. This research was supported by the DFG cluster of excellence: Origin and Structure of the Universe, the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Phyiscs, the Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium (Garching) and by the BMBF: Project 05A11WOC EURECA-XENON.