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Single-electron detection in a high-purity Ge device
Antoine Armatol, Corinne Augier, Laurent Bergé +69
High-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors are among the most powerful instruments for gamma ray spectroscopy, combining exceptional energy resolution with large active volumes. Althou…
Characterization of Aluminum Microwave SQUID Multiplexers for CENS Detection
James Amidei, Antoine Armatol, Corinne Augier +92
We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of an aluminum-based six-channel microwave SQUID multiplexer (MUX) prototype for transition-edge sensor (TES) readout in…
Characterization of mini-CryoCube detectors from the Ricochet experiment commissioning at the Institut Laue-Langevin
Antoine Armatol, Corinne Augier, Louis Bailly-Salins +83
The Ricochet experiment aims to measure the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering process from antineutrinos emitted by a research nuclear reactor operated by the Institut L…
First Limits on Light Dark Matter Interactions in a Low Threshold Two Channel Athermal Phonon Detector from the TESSERACT Collaboration
C. L. Chang, Y. -Y. Chang, L. Chaplinsky +45
We present results of a search for spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions in a 1 cm by 1 mm thick (0.233 gram) high-resolution silicon athermal phonon detector opera…
Design Studies Of A Pulsed Quasimonoenergetic 2-keV Neutron Source For Calibration Of Low Threshold Dark Matter Detectors
L. Chaplinsky, S. Fiorucci, C. W. Fink +25
We describe design studies for a pulsed quasi-monoenergetic 2-keV neutron source for calibration of sub-keV nuclear recoils. Such a calibration is required for detectors sensitive…
Low Energy Backgrounds and Excess Noise in a Two-Channel Low-Threshold Calorimeter
Robin Anthony-Petersen, Clarence L. Chang, Yen-Yung Chang +29
We describe observations of low energy excess (LEE) events, background events observed in all light dark matter direct detection calorimeters, and noise in a Transition Edge Sensor…
Modeling and characterization of TES-based detectors for the Ricochet experiment
R. Chen, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, G. Bratrud +26
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) offers a valuable approach in searching for physics beyond the Standard Model. The Ricochet experiment aims to perform a prec…
First Demonstration of the HeRALD Superfluid Helium Detector Concept
R. Anthony-Petersen, A. Biekert, C. L. Chang +33
The SPICE/HeRALD collaboration is performing R&D to enable studies of sub-GeV dark matter models using a variety of target materials. Here we report our recent progress on instrume…
First demonstration of 30 eVee ionization energy resolution with Ricochet germanium cryogenic bolometers
C. Augier, G. Baulieu, V. Belov +77
The future Ricochet experiment aims to search for new physics in the electroweak sector by measuring the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering process from reactor antineutr…
SENSEI: Search for Millicharged Particles produced in the NuMI Beam
Liron Barak, Itay M. Bloch, Ana M. Botti +28
Millicharged particles appear in several extensions of the Standard Model, but have not yet been detected. These hypothetical particles could be produced by an intense proton beam…
Results from a Prototype TES Detector for the Ricochet Experiment
Ricochet Collaboration, C. Augier, G. Baulieu +88
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) offers valuable sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model. The Ricochet experiment will use cryogenic solid-state dete…
A portable and high intensity 24 keV neutron source based on Sb-Be photoneutrons and an iron filter
A. Biekert, C. Chang, L. Chaplinsky +27
A portable monoenergetic 24 keV neutron source based on the Sb-Be photoneutron reaction and an iron filter has been constructed and characterized. The coincidence of th…
Fast neutron background characterization of the future Ricochet experiment at the ILL research nuclear reactor
C. Augier, G. Baulieu, V. Belov +80
The future Ricochet experiment aims at searching for new physics in the electroweak sector by providing a high precision measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scatte…
A Stress Induced Source of Phonon Bursts and Quasiparticle Poisoning
Robin Anthony-Petersen, Andreas Biekert, Raymond Bunker +43
The performance of superconducting qubits is degraded by a poorly characterized set of energy sources breaking the Cooper pairs responsible for superconductivity, creating a condit…
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: Terrestrial and astrophysical applications
M. Abdullah, H. Abele, D. Akimov +272
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) is a process in which neutrinos scatter on a nucleus which acts as a single particle. Though the total cross section is large…
A backing detector for order-keV neutrons
A. Biekert, L. Chaplinsky, C. W. Fink +23
We have designed and tested a large-area (0.15~m) neutron detector based on neutron capture on \ce{^{6}Li}. The neutron detector design has been optimized for the purpose of ta…
EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra
P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei +303
Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the signifi…
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of low-threshold dark matter direct detection in the next decade
Rouven Essig, Graham K. Giovanetti, Noah Kurinsky +90
The search for particle-like dark matter with meV-to-GeV masses has developed rapidly in the past few years. We summarize the science case for these searches, the recent progress,…
Ricochet Progress and Status
Ricochet Collaboration, G. Beaulieu, V. Belov +77
We present an overview of recent progress towards the Ricochet coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering CENS experiment. The ILL research reactor in Grenoble, France has bee…
SENSEI: Characterization of Single-Electron Events Using a Skipper-CCD
Liron Barak, Itay M. Bloch, Ana Botti +22
We use a science-grade Skipper Charge Coupled Device (Skipper-CCD) operating in a low-radiation background environment to develop a semi-empirical model that characterizes the orig…
SENSEI: Direct-Detection Results on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a New Skipper-CCD
Liron Barak, Itay M. Bloch, Mariano Cababie +20
We present the first direct-detection search for eV-to-GeV dark matter using a new ~2-gram high-resistivity Skipper-CCD from a dedicated fabrication batch that was optimized for da…
SENSEI: Direct-Detection Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter from a Shallow Underground Run Using a Prototype Skipper-CCD
Orr Abramoff, Liron Barak, Itay M. Bloch +14
We present new direct-detection constraints on eV-to-GeV dark matter interacting with electrons using a prototype detector of the Sub-Electron-Noise Skipper-CCD Experimental Instru…