Jochen Schieck (Vienna): Dark Matter Searches with Cryogenic Detectors

Cryodetectors have long been used in the direct search for dark matter. Forseveral years, the search for dark matter was dominated by the search for socalledWIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) in the mass rangebetween a few GeV and hundreds of GeV.
Recently, the search has also expanded to the sub-GeV mass range. Due to theirlow energy detection threshold, cryogenic detectors have the best sensitivity inthis mass range and are leading in this field. We will present the latest results ofthe CRESST experiment (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with SuperconductingThermometers).
We will also discuss the COSINUS experiment (Cryogenic Observatory forCryogenic Observatory for SIgnatures seen in Next-generation UndergroundSearches), which is based on cryogenic detectors and aims to provide newinsights into understanding the long-term dark matter-like observations of theDAMA/ LIBRA experiment.