Directional detection of dark matter with two-dimensional targets

Y Hochberg, Y Kahn, M Lisanti, CG Tully, KM Zurek - Physics Letters B, 2017 - Elsevier
We propose two-dimensional materials as targets for direct detection of dark matter. Using
graphene as an example, we focus on the case where dark matter scattering deposits …

PTOLEMY: A proposal for thermal relic detection of massive neutrinos and directional detection of MeV dark matter

E Baracchini, MG Betti, M Biasotti, A Bosca… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
We propose to achieve the proof-of-principle of the PTOLEMY project to directly detect the
Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB). Each of the technological challenges described in [1 …

Sensor-assisted fault mitigation in quantum computation

JL Orrell, B Loer - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
We propose a method to assist fault mitigation in quantum computation through the use of
sensors co-located near physical qubits. Specifically, we consider using transition edge …

Low-threshold sapphire detector for rare event searches

S Verma, S Maludze, M Lee, M Chaudhuri… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low mass nuclear recoil dark matter and coherent-elastic-neutrino-nucleus-scattering (CE ν
NS) searches confront similar challenges in choosing ultra-low threshold and large-mass …

Naturally occurring 32Si and low-background silicon dark matter detectors

JL Orrell, IJ Arnquist, M Bliss, R Bunker, ZS Finch - Astroparticle Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The naturally occurring radioisotope 32 Si represents a potentially limiting background in
future dark matter direct-detection experiments. We investigate sources of 32 Si and the …

[PDF][PDF] Fabrication of CDMS Dark Matter Detector Using Bi-layer Lift-off Technique and Detection of Axions/Axion Like Particles (Alps) Using CsI (Tl) Scintillator …

SD Verma - 2022 - oaktrust.library.tamu.edu
Finding the nature of dark matter is one of the biggest quest in physics today. One of the
various methods for dark matter detection is direct detection in which the interaction between …

A novel active veto prototype detector with an inner target for improved rare event searches

M Chaudhuri, A Jastram, G Agnolet, S Banik… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We report the fabrication and performance of an annular, cryogenic, phonon-mediated veto
detector that can host an inner target detector, allowing substantial reduction in radiogenic …

Exploration of methods to remove implanted 210Pb and 210Po contamination from silicon surfaces

IJ Arnquist, R Bunker, Z Dohnalek, R Ma… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Radioactive contaminants on the surfaces of detector components can be a problematic
source of background events for physics experiments searching for rare processes …

Reduction in radioactivity-induced backgrounds using a novel active veto detector for rare event search experiments

M Chaudhuri, A Jastram, G Agnolet, S Banik… - SciPost Physics …, 2023 - scipost.org
The results of a newly developed annular cryogenic phonon-mediated active veto detector
are discussed which shows a significant reduction of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in …

SuperCDMS Underground Detector Fabrication Facility

M Platt, R Mahapatra, RA Bunker, JL Orrell - 2018 - osti.gov
The SuperCDMS SNOLAB dark matter experiment processes Ge and Si crystals into fully
tested phonon and ionization detectors at surface fabrication and test facilities. If not …