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physics.ins-det2026

Calibration and Performance of Germanium High Voltage Detectors for SuperCDMS SNOLAB

M. F. Albakry, I. Alkhatib, D. Alonso-González +141

As SuperCDMS SNOLAB is getting ready to search for low mass dark matter particles, using cryogenic Ge and Si detectors, a set of six of the new SuperCDMS High Voltage (HV) detector…

physics.ins-det2025★ 5 cited

Low-Energy Calibration of SuperCDMS HVeV Cryogenic Silicon Calorimeters Using Compton Steps

SuperCDMS Collaboration, M. F. Albakry, I. Alkhatib +148

Cryogenic calorimeters for low-mass dark matter searches have achieved sub-eV energy resolutions, driving advances in both low-energy calibration techniques and our understanding o…

physics.ins-det2025★ 5 cited

Spontaneous generation of athermal phonon bursts within bulk silicon causing excess noise, low energy background events and quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting sensors

C. L. Chang, Y. -Y. Chang, M. Garcia-Sciveres +25

Solid state phonon detectors used in the search for dark matter and coherent neutrino nucleus interactions (CENS) require excellent energy resolution (eV-scale or below) and low…

physics.ins-det2024

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 13 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 13 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 18 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 30 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid He

HeRALD Collaboration, A. Biekert, C. Chang +30

Superfluid He is a promising target material for direct detection of light ( 1 GeV) dark matter. Possible signal channels available for readout in this medium include prompt…