Detecting Low-Energy Interactions and the Effects of Energy Accumulation in Materials
arXiv:2107.14397 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063002
Abstract
We hypothesize that avalanche-like releases of energy accumulated in materials due to radioactivity and other sources can produce parasitic background in dark matter particles searches and low-energy threshold detectors. We explore this hypothesis using published data on low-energy background in detectors and available condensed-matter physics information on excitations, defects, and energetic molecules which can be present in materials.
21 page, 6 figures
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