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Searching for Dark Matter with the EDELWEISS Experiments

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<strong>EDELWEISS</strong> in a Nutshell<br />

• Array of cryogenically<br />

cooled Germanium<br />

crystals<br />

(10 in II, 40 in III)<br />

• Elastic Scattering of<br />

Ge by WIMPs<br />

• Rare event search:<br />

underground and<br />

shielded experiment<br />

TU Dresden. G. Adam Cox 6 December 2012<br />

Ge recoil produces heat +<br />

ionization<br />

Erecoil<br />

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