2 papers
hep-ph2024
Factors influencing quantum evaporation of helium from polar semiconductors from first principles
Lakshay Dheer, Liang Z. Tan, S. A. Lyon +2
While there is much indirect evidence for the existence of dark matter (DM), to date it has evaded detection. Current efforts focus on DM masses over GeV -- to push the sensi…
hep-ph2024
Pressure-Tunable Targets for Light Dark Matter Direct Detection: The Case of Solid Helium
Omar A. Ashour, Sinéad M. Griffin
We propose hydrostatic pressure -- a well-established tool for tuning properties of condensed matter -- as a novel route for optimizing targets for light dark matter direct detecti…