Light dark matter in superfluid helium: Detection with multi-excitation production

S Knapen, T Lin, KM Zurek - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
We examine in depth a recent proposal to utilize superfluid helium for direct detection of sub-
MeV mass dark matter. For sub-keV recoil energies, nuclear scattering events in liquid …

Fundamental neutron physics: a white paper on progress and prospects in the US

R Alarcon, A Aleksandrova, S Baeßler, DH Beck… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Fundamental neutron physics, combining precision measurements and theory, probes
particle physics at short range with reach well beyond the highest energies probed by the …

A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment

MW Ahmed, R Alarcon, A Aleksandrova… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A cryogenic apparatus is described that enables a new experiment, nEDM@ SNS, with a
major improvement in sensitivity compared to the existing limit in the search for a neutron …

[HTML][HTML] Dark matter, dark photon and superfluid He-4 from effective field theory

A Caputo, A Esposito, E Geoffray, AD Polosa, S Sun - Physics Letters B, 2020 - Elsevier
We consider a model of sub-GeV dark matter whose interaction with the Standard Model is
mediated by a new vector boson (the dark photon) which couples kinetically to the photon …

Fundamental symmetries, neutrons, and neutrinos (FSNN): Whitepaper for the 2023 NSAC long range plan

B Acharya, C Adams, AA Aleksandrova… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
This whitepaper presents the research priorities decided on by attendees of the 2022 Town
Meeting for Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons and Neutrinos, which took place December …

ALETHEIA: hunting for low-mass dark matter with liquid helium TPCs

J Liao, Y Gao, Z Liang, Z Ouyang, Z Peng… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Dark matter (DM) is one of the most critical questions to be understood and answered in
fundamental physics today. Observations with varied astronomical and cosmological …

The neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

KKH Leung, M Ahmed, R Alarcon… - EPJ Web of …, 2019 - epj-conferences.org
Novel experimental techniques are required to make the next big leap in neutron electric
dipole moment experimental sensitivity, both in terms of statistics and systematic error …

[HTML][HTML] A study of DC electrical breakdown in liquid helium through analysis of the empirical breakdown field distributions

NS Phan, W Wei, B Beaumont, N Bouman… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report results from a study on electrical breakdown in liquid helium using near-uniform-
field stainless steel electrodes with a stressed area of∼ 0.7 cm 2⁠. The distribution of the …

Effect of an electric field on liquid helium scintillation produced by fast electrons

NS Phan, V Cianciolo, SM Clayton, SA Currie, R Dipert… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
The dependence on applied electric field (0–40 kV/cm) of the scintillation light produced by
fast electrons and α particles stopped in liquid helium in the temperature range of 0.44 K to …

Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon

L Tvrznikova, EP Bernard, S Kravitz… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As noble liquid time projection chambers grow in size their high voltage requirements
increase, and detailed, reproducible studies of dielectric breakdown and the onset of …