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Publications (5)

physics.ins-det2025

Conceptual Design Report for the MATHUSLA Long-Lived Particle Detector near CMS

Branden Aitken, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez +70

We present the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for the MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles) long-lived particle detector at the HL-LHC, covering th…

physics.ins-det2024

Performance of a Kinetic Inductance Phonon-Mediated Detector at the NEXUS Cryogenic Facility

Dylan J Temples, Osmond Wen, Karthik Ramanathan +18

Microcalorimeters that leverage microwave kinetic inductance detectors to read out phonon signals in the particle-absorbing target, referred to as kinetic inductance phonon-mediate…

physics.ins-det2020

Single Electron-Hole Pair Sensitive Silicon Detector with Surface Event Rejection

Ziqing Hong, Runze Ren, Noah Kurinsky +8

We demonstrate single electron-hole pair resolution in a single-sided, contact-free 1 cm by 1 mm thick Si crystal operated at 48 mK, with a baseline energy resolution of 3 eV.…

physics.ins-det2025

MATHUSLA: An External Long-Lived Particle Detector to Maximize the Discovery Potential of the HL-LHC

Branden Aitken, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez +70

We present the current status of the MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles) long-lived particle (LLP) detector at the HL-LHC, covering the design, f…

physics.ins-det2026

Performance of a SuperCDMS HVeV Detector with Sub-eV Energy Resolution and Single Charge-sensitivity

Kyle Kennard, Aditi Pradeep, Mason Buchanan +41

We present a detailed characterization of a new generation of athermal-phonon single-charge sensitive Si HVeV detectors, the best of which achieved 589~meV~~5~meV baseline res…