Published 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Chemical purification of CaCO3 and CaWO4 powders used for CaWO4 crystal production for the CRESST experiment

Description

CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) uses CaWO4 single crystals as targets for the direct search for dark matter particles. Since several years these CaWO4 crystals are grown at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen. Thereby, commercially available CaCO3 and WO3 powders are used for the synthesis of CaWO4 powder. For the experiment low intrinsic contaminations of the crystals play a crucial role. In order to improve the radiopurity of the crystals it is necessary to reduce potential sources for radioactive backgrounds such as U and Th. In this poster we will present our studies of the chemical purification of the CaCO3 and CaWO4 powders.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Hamburg 2016 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 51(2)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2016 (Spring meeting) of the section matter and cosmos (SMuK) together with the divisions gravity and relativity, radiation and medical physics, particle physics, theoretical and mathematical physics, and the working group philosophy of physics
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2016 der Sektion Materie und Kosmos (SMuK) gemeinsam mit den Fachverbaenden Gravitation und Relativitaetstheorie, Strahlen- und Medizinphysik, Teilchenphysik, Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik sowie der Arbeitsgruppe Philosophie der Physik
Dates
29 Feb - 4 Mar 2016
Place
Hamburg (Germany)

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Notes
Session: T 23.10 Mo 13:30; No further information available